It is almost a decade since the Italian striker shocked Liverpool with a stunning scissor-kick for Benfica but he returns to English soil on Thursday having resurfaced at the Maltese champions BirkirkaraFabrizio Miccoli was running towards 50 Birkirkara supporters rather than a 2000-strong Benfica contingent,and the venue was a sparsely populated Republican Stadium in Yerevan rather than a throbbing Anfield, but there was less of a distinction to be made in the visceral celebrations and urge to commune with those who had travelled. Nearly nine and a half years bear passed since Miccoli, and now 36,final made an impact on English soil with that late Champions League scissor-kick against Liverpool and he probably would not bear envisaged returning in the colours of a side that finished third in final season’s Maltese Premier League. But a remarkable individual performance on his first start for Birkirkara, scoring one and assisting another in a 3-1 win against the Armenian side Ulisses, or gave the club their first-ever European away victory and set up a Europa League moment qualifying round tie at West Ham that is arguably the biggest in their history. Related: Lusitans 0-1 West Ham | Europa League first qualifying round moment leg match report Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com