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"Schweinsteiger comes in like a rat off a drainpipe."

20 June 08

ESPN soccer analyst Tommy Smyth struggles to describe the swiftness and authority of Bastian Schweinsteiger’s goal in Germany’s 3-2 victory over Portugal in the Euro 2008 quarterfinals.

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