FERNANDO GAGO: POETRY IN MOTION

[jenni_blog]

Fernando Gago has that ability to make you want to grab him, hold him in your arms and squish him. His moves on the pitch are incredible, and if you look carefully at each and every picture of him in action, he looks fantastic in stop motion, no matter what he is doing. His allure is fascinating. And he is only 22!!!! So feast your eyes. These pics are really good.

A teaser:

I wanted a photo of his shot on goal, and here it is. Look at the way he holds his arms, his hands. And the positions of his feet. He is always so poised. It's almost as if he dances out there.

Comments

[crazy-girl-86.livejournal.com]

The third picture is very intriguing. We know that his opponent didn't touch him, but that it only looks like that, though it's so hot. He could have risked it. :P

I like the subject of this entry. 'Poetry in motion' what a wonderful idea. I'm sure Fernando Gago will become a big one in Argentine football!

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Thanks! About the third picture: yeah, it's funny when foreshortening or whatever causes it to look like there's no distance between the hand and what's behind it! It's the same in the first pic: Gago seems to be handling the ball, but of course it's actually far from his hand!

When I watched Gago closely during games, he just looked so graceful. And he never seems to get hurt, or hurt anyone else. He rarely fouls anyone, and rarely picks up a yellow card. So the 'Poetry in Motion' idea came to me.

He is so very unstarlike. And yet he caught a lot of peoples' attention. I was reading a Sports Illustrated online article that compared him to LOTR's Legolas. LOL.