Football

it looks like the guardian was reading this here thread and decided to do a joy of six, on best first touches, I still think Pastore's was a thing of wonder, and that clip that Fest put up of ronaldinho controlling a ball from the sky and beating his team mate, is almost a carbon copy of what he does in the guardian's clip. Shows how what you do in training/warm ups can be introduced into match situations..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/nov/11/joy-of-six-first-touches-bergkamp

Like a football time machine, taking you back to some glorious times, I forgot how great Bergkamp's goal against Argentina was,

Watching the magical touches, reminds me of a turn right on the touchline that berbatov produced, I think against west ham, when he was playing for spurs, controls ball, flicks round player in on goal, glorious finish...

but anyway onto the guardian's 6 best.

They could have just included Dennis Bergkamp's 6 best first touches. The one from the 1998 World Cup is still breathtaking, especially given the occasion, how late it is in the game and the length of the pass. That said, the first touch in this goal still astounds;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n275iW54o68

I remember reading a match report in the Guardian afterwards, by David Lacey, who said, and I paraphrase, "Bergkamp didn't so much as control the ball, as issue it with a set of instructions".