If you haven’t seen the goal Maxi Rodriguez scored for his country in the game with Mexico, you have missed one of the best goals in the World Cup ever. Maxi talks about his grandpa’s advice on football and hitting the ball, advice that helped him score three goals already at this WOrld Cup.

“My grandad always told me to try to hit the ball with both feet, but I nearly always go with the right. I’ve got the left one, as they say, to get on the bus,” Rodriguez told a news conference at Argentina’s FIFA World Cup base.

“My grandad always took me to training at Newell’s (Old Boys) and taught me a bit of everything, like all grandfathers, like all fathers,” the 25-year-old said.

Rodriguez said he had no time to think about what he was going to do with the ball which came to him as a high cross-field pass from left back and captain Juan Pablo Sorin and which he took on his chest.

“It was instantaneous, I thought of controlling it but the ball kept floating in the air and then I hit it with my left and I realised (it was a goal) when it touched the net,” he said.

“Those are goals that happen very rarely, more so with the left foot in my case. You always dream of scoring a goal at the World Cup and the truth is that things are turning out very well for the whole squad. I got it, we got through and we’re very happy.”

Source: WCoffsite