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Non-league showboater taught a lesson by no-nonsense opponent

This No 7 will think twice before trying a step-over again

Simon Rice
Wednesday 13 May 2015 10:31 BST
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People who try step-overs can be pretty irritating - right from Cristiano Ronaldo to those playing non-league football.

And just as the Real Madrid player finds himself regularly hacked down by frustrated opponents in the upper echelons of the game, so do those all the way down at the bottom.

The video below was filmed at a Kreisliga amateur league match in Germany and in it depicts a No 7 showboating out on the wing in an attempt to befuddle his opponents.

But whilst his crazy skills are enough to beat two players, they don't make him immune from being mercilessly hacked down.

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