Former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says Kwadwo Asamoah’s trivela pass to him at the 2014 FIFA World Cup was more difficult to execute than Luka Modric’s against Chelsea.
During Real Madrid’s UEFA Champions League second leg quarterfinal encounter against Chelsea on Tuesday night, Modric sent a famous Trivela ball to Rodrygo Goes, who scored a half-volley to bring the score to 4:4 at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Real Madrid went on to clinch the tie 5-4 on aggregate courtesy Karim Benzema’s strike in the first half of extra time.
In the aftermath of the game, several football aficionados have eulogized the Trivela pass Modric provided to Rodrygo which many believe changed the dynamics of the encounter.
The Croatian playmaker has mastered the usage of the Trivela pass and has used it more often than any player in the last decade.
However, Gyan believes though Modric deserves plaudit, he would pick the Trivela pass Kwadwo Asamoah gave him to score the equalizer for Ghana against Portugal during the 2014 FIFA World in Brazil.
Asamoah got free on the left and fired in a cross with the outside of his boot, and Gyan was on hand to steer a header past Beto and put the game back to 1-1.
According to Gyan, Kwadwo’s cross was in a difficult position than the Madrid number 10.
He said, “If Modric had used the outside foot to cross from the right side of the pitch then you can compare to [Asamoah] Kwadwo’s cross. So all I will is is Kwadwo’s cross was very difficult. Modric’s cross was easy because he used the outside right foot on the left side of the pitch.
Watch the two videos below to pass your own judgement;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO_-atbo3ks
A trivela is a soccer move in which a player curls or swerves a shot with the outside of the foot. Some players have successfully used the skill to score a goal for their team.
Trivela is a Portuguese word that refers to a soccer maneuver in which the player slices his foot through and under the outside of the ball.
Ricardo Quaresma — the technique’s proponent, explains it as giving the ball the appropriate spin by connecting with it with his right foot at the bottom of the ball’s left-hand corner.
