This acrobatic Boxing Day bicycle kick was a perfect piece of art
The way a ball sounds when it's struck cleanly is like a millisecond-long symphony. The crisp note of a perfectly hit volley contains multitudes, and if it's of the overhead kick variety, Beethoven himself couldn't craft a better arrangement.
Burton Albion's Jamie Ward played a beautiful piece of footballing music on Boxing Day, catching one of the cleanest bicycle kicks of the entire year against Aston Villa.
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He keeps his eye on the perfect cross as it sails over the head of a teammate and his marker, and then shapes his body inch-perfectly to catch the ball on the volley out of the air.
It's so satisfying. Even Villa fans got to enjoy it properly as they ran out 2-1 victors on the day. Overhead kicks like Ward's should count for double, but since they still don't, he gets to celebrate the fact that he made a piece of art, even if he can't celebrate any points on the day.
