Perišić on Cloud 9 after brilliant strike vs. Gunners
There is not much to say after Ivan Perišić’s wunder-gol versus Arsenal Tuesday night in Borussia Dortmund’s first Champions League game in nine years. The 22 year-old Croatian international made his Champions League debut coming in for Kevin Großkreutz in the 69′ with Dortmund down 1-0. With Arsenal’s hopes of grabbing all three points on the road looking promising, Perišić blasted a left-footed volley as the ball fell from the heavens from 22 yards out to freeze goalie Wojciech Szczęsny and equalize the match in the 88th minute. Last year’s Belgian Jupiler League scoring champion made an impact upon Dortmund fans that they will not soon forget.
Has the future of Croatian soccer arrived early? Perišić will surely be a force to reckon with on the Croatian national side. With confidence boosts like Tuesday night’s, how many games like this will he need to break into Croatia’s permanent starting XI?
Perišić’s goal was #1 on ESPN’s Sportscenter TOP 10 Tuesday night.
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how far Arsenal have fallen…they were basically playing bunker for the last 20-30 minutes! Dortmund deserved at least a draw, probably should have won
I saw the whole game and I thought Arsenal was surely going to walk away from Dortmund with a win. Arsenal bunkered down and played their ugly football-especially late in the 2nd half.
Perisic is the man. He should be starting every game.
Aweome goal… almost, dare I say, "Suker-esque?"
wunderstrike! Yes, he had all the time in the world but Zidane couldn't have struck it better. Unbelievable shot.
It was a great goal because he was goign tracking back when he hit it! Really nice.