We almost forgot all about the round ball after today’s Six Nations heroics so it was just as well we had something this spectacular to reel us right back in.
Gerard Gumbau, take a bow.
The Barcelona B player has already stuck his neck in for a goal of the year award with this devilish cracker today.
The Catalan side might well have lost 3-1 at Alcorcon and still sit second from bottom in the Spanish second tier but Gumbau lit the place up when he turned a corner into the net in the most audacious of ways.
You beautiful little man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpF2mCPARyc
And it had us reminiscing back to a real golden moment for the Irish League when Glentoran’s Matty Burrows treated us to this astounding back heel.
Burrows was up for the Puskas Award that year but the same questions will circulate Gumbau’s strike: did he mean it? Either way, they were both glorious.
