Goal of the week

This week appears to have been overhead kick week in the wonderful world of football...however, as has been stated on this page many time before, just because its an overhead kick, doesn't mean its a wonder goal/goal of the week/season/decade contender.  The truth of the matter is most Sunday League players would fancy themselves to be able to knock in a bicycle kick if the chance presented itself, it is only truly beautiful when there is that magic moment when the player seems to hang in the air as the ball drops agonisingly slowly onto their boot before exploding into the net...any way, enough of that on to goal of the week.

This week I may have been a little swayed because of the player as much as the actual goal itself.  The goal comes from the Europa League for Besiktas against Maccabi Tel Aviv, it is the perfect execution of a volley utilising textbook technique to send the ball fizzing past the 'keeper who can all but wave at it on the way past.  The player who executes such a strike is Ricardo Quaresma, a man who has talent in abundance, but for some reason has never really shown it when he has moved to a big club, I've always enjoyed watching him play, and its mainly due to the knowledge that at any moment he could produce a moment of genius like this.