Fernando Urbano wowed by Sporting signing: “A touch of another game” | OneFootball

Nestory Irankunda continues to receive praise after his performance against Brazil. Fernando Urbano dedicated an opinion piece to the Sporting winger in the newspaper A Bola, titled “Welcome, Irankunda”, in which he highlighted several of the qualities shown by the Australian international.

“One of the most pleasant surprises in the many international matches played around the world during this break from club competitions was the performance of Nestory Irankunda,” Fernando Urbano began, before highlighting “his pace, individual skill in one-on-one situations, and the unpredictability of his movement both out wide and through the middle.”

Even so, it was the direct free-kick scored by the Sporting player that drew the most attention. The executive editor praised “the superb execution of a direct free-kick, using a shooting technique that is seen less and less often nowadays and which should therefore be celebrated for the good of football as entertainment.”

Fernando Urbano used Irankunda’s strike to discuss what he sees as the gradual disappearance of the great specialists. “One of the consequences of today’s more intense, faster and more athletic football has been precisely the reduction in goals scored from direct free-kicks. And the near disappearance of the great specialists,” he wrote, later backing up the idea with various statistics.

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