Crinkly Ears

1. It's the Copa Final today! Mesut's favourite victims - Atleti - are our opponents! Good luck Mesut and good luck boys.

2. I feel violently sick, and looking at this made me feel...weirder...

This bit of loveliness from Mesut got him a sudden noisy ovation from the crowd when it happened. You can clearly hear it on the version of the match I downloaded - even though BEIN Sport actually mutes the crowd. A gasp and a happy groan went through the stadium.

As it happened, the camera had panned out and because the ball had been falling behind Mesut, it looked like an optical illusion when it magically reappeared at his feet. Phil Shoen wondered out-loud: "How did Ozil get that ball down?" And then (after the replay): "Oh."

( Elegance, speed, precision... )
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There's been a lot of press about Mesut over the past few weeks. His performance in Valencia received high praise from everyone - from Marca, As, the international press etc... His performance against Getafe also got some attention from Cuatro's cameras.





The beautiful connection apparent between the two of them is the focus of the video. Together they've scored or created a huge number of goals in the last two league matches - Mesut had a hand in all 5 in Valencia, Ronaldo assisted one directly and scored two of them. And against Getafe, Ronaldo had a hat-trick while Ozil was involved in creating 3 of the goals - the first, second and third of the match (off his corner, off his final pass, and through a break that he orchestrated with Angel di Maria).


We also some lovely gifs - thanks to our dearest andriy_7  because of course, Cristiano and Mesut celebrated the last goal so beautifully. Cuatro has the reverse angle:

( Croezil: A tribute... )
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