France and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba used a screen and a swerve to put France in front of the Netherlands in UEFA World Cup qualifying on Monday.
Dimitri Payet played a square ball to Pogba, who had plenty of room to operate. Kevin Strootman laid off Pogba, providing a near-perfect blind and turning his body just as the shot is taken.
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Everton and Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg had to react in a split-second to the shot, which also -- almost comically -- took a dramatic swerve and forced the keeper to barely change the course of the goal-bound shot despite a two-handed parry.
Gorgeous stuff from the Frenchman.
France entered the day one of three Group A teams with four points, along with the Netherlands and Sweden. Bulgaria had three points before playing Sweden, so perhaps we’ll see some separation in the cluttered group.
That was too much boom for Stekelenburg to handle. #Pogboom #WCQ https://t.co/5uMFtoYabo
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