This youngster better learn very quickly because if he keeps this sort of messing up he is going to get his legs broken.
The stepover, once the exotic skill only possessed by the most gifted of footballer is now so widespread my dog does it when we play with a tennis ball in the park. Cristiano Ronaldo, a man almost as deeply in love with the stepover as he is with himself, may be the world’s best at the sadly debased skill but now he has a young Norwegian pretender.
Via the lads at 101greatgoals we have this epic clip of an 18-year-old called Mohamed Elyounoussi. The Sarpsborg 08 player was up against Viking on Monday night and with the score at 2-1, and the time ticking down, the Moroccan-born Norwegian decided to use his skills to run down the clock for his team.
With 11 stepovers, and a nutmeg, he beats one defender before trying to waste even more time with more tricks in the corner.
He eventually wins a free. Oh, how we could have done with him in the latter stages of the game with Austria last week, eh?
We would advise he uses his skills judiciously though, as we can think of quite a few defenders who wouldn’t take too kindly to this sort of stuff.
