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This Rabona Assist In Scotland Is Really Something

Moves like the rabona are usually the domain of the Lionel Messis and Cristiano Ronaldos of the world. In the past, Pele and Socrates might have tried the trick.

But a defender? And a Swedish one no less?

Perhaps it’s a sign of how dominant Celtic have been this season under Brendan Rodgers — they’ve won 28 domestic matches in a row and have yet to lose in the league or domestic cup competitions in 2016-17 — but Mikael Lustig tried the trick during the Hoops’ come-from-behind win at St. Johnstone on Sunday.

With the rabona, which completed a sequence of 25 passes, Lustig assisted on Celtic’s fifth and final goal in the 5-2 victory, the third of striker Moussa Dembele’s hat trick. Dembele scored his goals after coming on as a second-half substitute.

Lustig told the Scottish press this week that he wouldn’t have tried the trick had his side not been up 4-2 at the time.

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