Milos Veljkovic scored the most impressive goal of the Werder season so far with a scorpion kick in a 4-0 home win against Erzgebirge Aue. The reactions to the goal were correspondingly positive.
It was already the second flood of news within a few weeks for Milos Veljkovic. Already after 14 November, the 26-year-old’s mobile phone had received a whole host of congratulations. That evening, he had qualified for the World Cup with the Serbian national team by beating the favoured Portuguese side 2-1. This time, after last Friday, “almost as many” messages addressed to Veljkovic flashed up again – including one from Mladen Krstajic, his former national coach and ex-Werder pro: “It was crazy. But of course I’m grateful. It was a nice evening. “
It was an Ibrahimovic goal that the defender scored to make it 2-0 in the 4-0 win over Aue: spectacular. Falling forward, he hit the ball behind his back with his heel – it flew over him and into the goal. So there Veljkovic was, lying on his stomach, and at first he obviously didn’t really know what to do with his dream goal. He checked to make sure he was not in an offside position – then he wanted to cheer. But his team-mates had already buried him underneath them.
Goal of the month? “Didn’t know there was such a thing “
“I don’t think a goal like that happens more than once in a career – not even once for most people,” said attacker Niclas Füllkrug, praising his defensive colleague and admitting: “I wouldn’t have even tried.” Although Veljkovic affirmed that after his “improvised goal” he wanted to “basically concentrate on my tasks” again, he did not rule out a repeat performance: “If it happens again, why not?
Even now, however, the Serb can certainly have some hopes for the goal of the month award, albeit somewhat unexpectedly: “I didn’t even know there was such a thing,” said Veljkovic, “it would be nice to get such an award.