Remember that goal? Of course you do -- and in an interview with UEFA, Alessandro Florenzi has opened up about why he went for goal and his thoughts on playing against FC Barcelona
With one swing of his right boot, Alessandro Florenzi catapulted himself into temporary super-stardom. His sensational 60-yard chip against Marc-Andre ter Stegen and FC Barcelona will headline highlight packages for years and decades to come; in an age of Vine and embeddable videos on social media, Florenzi instantly went viral and the world was saturated with endless clips of his wonder goal.
Begrudgingly, even the most ardent Barcelona supporter could do nothing but applaud the goal; it was truly a masterpiece and for us and so many other football fans, the strike was met with a sense of disbelief -- not to mention a couple of fundamental questions:
Why?