Lollerskates 2.0

I'd like to take a minute to reflect on this great footballing moment, provided by former Energie Cottbus goalkeeper, Tomislav Piplica.

I had actually witnessed Piplica play only a week or two before this incident, in a packed Westfalenstadion with just shy of 70,000 "krazy krauts" dressed in fluoro yellow going nothing short of mental for big Jan Koller and a youngish T. Rosicky.

It was March 2002, and Piplica was in fine form that afternoon, managing to pull off several key saves and restrict the home sides' winning margin to just a few.

A couple of weeks later though, I was back home, watching SBS. And I heard Les mention the Cottbus keeper, fully expecting him to start talking about what a good goalkeeper he is.

I said to my old man, "I saw him play in Dortmund, Dad. He made a few quality saves. Can't believe how sharp he was!!"

Oh dear, how wrong I was.