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Captured everyone's imagination in the Europa League this week with his stunning Rabona goal against Asteras Tripolis but offered nowhere near as much spark and creativity against Newcastle.

It seemed that before the goal, Lamela just couldn't get the hang of performing in the Premier League, but has performed well in cup competitions, scoring a fantastic Rabona against Asteras Tripolis, another against Tripolis and neat finish against Brighton in the Capital One Cup to mention the three that he has notched up in cups this season.

Hazard has hit rabona kicks quite often for Chelsea, but generally only when the side are already ahead.

I'm Mesut Ozil, this ai nt my style» and executes a flawless rabona pass into the back of Fabregas's head which then perfectly rebounds into the top corner...

FIFA might be the world's biggest football title, but Pro Evo is where the hardcore go to score goals, perform rabonas and call referees a wanker.

Against Fulham earlier last season, the winger surged through the defence and hit a perfectly chipped rabona over David Stockdale to the far post.

And who can possibly forget just over a year ago in one of the early games at the London Stadium when we raced into a 2 - 0 lead (which should have been even more) with two headed goals from Antonio, one from an outrageous rabona cross by a Frenchman who was popular with our fans at the time?

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By half - time came it was looking like Spurs» game to lose after they doubled the lead thanks to the goal of the night from Lamela, who whipped a stunning Rabona shot into the top corner with his left foot:

In hindsight, most Spurs fans could say they have been harsh on Lamela, who has played well on some occasions and scored a fantastic Rabona goal (which I missed because I was in New York, typical), but next season is the big one for Erik as it will be the chance for him to show he is worth the money as this season was arguably his first proper season.

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Fun, magic and joy, however, need the context of a genuine footballing contest: a game entirely composed of attempted rabonas would be some sort of depressing exhibition match, pretty but vacant, appealing but meaningless.

ION, hostilities aside, that rabona by spud Lamela was a thing of absolute beauty

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A Thursday night Europa League clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Greek Super League outfit Asteras Tripolis perhaps didn't set too many pulses racing outside of White Hart Lane — but that certainly changed when Erik Lamela crashed in an incredible Rabona goal from outside the box to put his side 2 - 0 ahead in the first half.

Last night's game against Asteras in North London wasn't the first Rabona that Lamela has ever pulled off — he did this when playing for River Plate's youth team in his native Argentina.

At least Calleri's inappropriate rabona introduced some lighthearted comedy value into the game.

These are the top ten goals scored between 3 October 2013 and 26 September 2014, which explains why recent stunners like Erik Lamela's rabona wonder in the Europa League didn't make it to this list.

Contributing tow assists for the goals against Watford, including the superb Rabona, he had a lively start but as he tired then so the attacking threat faded.

If Giroud bicycle kick had managed to connect with Ramsey's rabona cross and score, my pants would be a mess

Sadly the time frame means that Eric Lamela's rabona goal from a few weeks ago has missed out.

«That rabona annoyed me,» the Mirror report Wilmots as having said.

-- The dressing room gives a special touch to Mandzukic for his «rabona» against Eibar.

Speaking after his side's 1 - 1 draw with Wales, Balgium coach Marc Wilmots admitted he was not happy with his star player's attempt at a «rabona» kick during the game.

Hidden between Hugo Lloris and and a rabona - loving gingerbread man was Kyle Walker's heavily - made - up face.

The rabona is brilliant because it's stupid.

The key to the amazingness of Lamela's rabona is that it came in a competitive match — jokes about the Europa League notwithstanding — and emerged from what is, at heart, a fundamentally prosaic business of moving a ball around.

What happens to the brain and whether footballers know what they're doing — in the sense of whether something like Lamela's rabona is instinctive or whether he has thought «I will do this now» — is a fascinating an unanswered question (see this Guardian piece for more).

He scored a rabona; a technique which sees a footballer wrap leg one behind the other, to hit the ball with the «wrong» foot.

And that rabona was significantly more ridiculous in all respects than most long shots.

To see somebody abandon the percentages and lunge for the unlikely is generally admirable even if it's simultaneously unwise; to see them grab it, to see the rabona arc over the keeper and into the net, is one of the purest footballing pleasures available.

Chelsea transfer target Carlos Bacca opened the scoring with an interesting attempt at a rabona on Wednesday evening in Italian Cup action against Carpi.

They took the lead against Carpi inside the first quarter of an hour, when Colombia hitman Bacca rounded Zeljko Brkic in the away - team's goal and hit a rabona into the back of the net.

«At the time, when I did it I just thought I'd just done a Rabona, I just thought it was normal.

But today a 21 year old defender, Cohen Bramall, has told about his amazing rise from Hednesford Town, in the Northern Premier League, to be given a place in Arsenal's U23 squad, just a week after assisting with a Rabona in a Premier Division game against Frickley Athletic.

The 21 year - old was talking in the Shropshire Star about his Rabona moment and how shocked he was to get the call from Arsenal back in January.

The day we see Welbeck score a rabona chip like Jonathan calleri....

It's not often supporters get to see players pull off, or even attempt to perform a rabona, but El Kabir treated the fans to a piece of sublime skill, which fortunately has taken the attention away from their 3 - 1 loss.

Whilst Lamela's audacious strike was one of the finest examples of the Rabona that football has seen, it is far from the only one, as this list of six other wonderful Rabonas from the Mirror shows.

He talks exclusively to Rabona about battling for the # 1 jersey at PSG and the changing role of the goalkeeper.

The little Argentine hasn't disappointed and here is him performing a rabona against Everton, just days after Marcus Rashford tried something similar for Man Utd in the EL against Anderlecht

Barça made it 3 - 0 just before halftime when a rabona finish from Suárez clearly went over the line, but because this is La Liga the goal was not given.

4) Moussa Dembele, Celtic v St Johnstone A wonderfully worked goal that includes a rabona pass from Mikael Lustig and a deft back - heel from Callum McGregor to set up the 20 - year - old for his hat - trick.

That was an eventful game — Erik Lamela scored his famous «rabona» goal and Harry ended up in goal when Hugo Lloris was sent off!

The highlight of Lamela's Tottenham career so far has been the Rabona style goal he scored from outside the box, which was also his first for the club in the Europa League during the 2014 - 15 season in a 5 - 1 win against Greek club Asteras Tripoli.

And if he needs more evidence to steady himself, there's always the reaction he received from the Bernabeu for his attempts at cutting through games with his rabonas and other tricks.

A highlight of the Bacelona v Rayo Vallecano match, Neymar Jr showing off his skills by controlling the ball with a rabona.

And the rabona was quite ridiculous I thought.