The Italian’s influence stretches beyond scoring memorable goals and delivering breathtaking passes
There is an absurdity to Alessandro Diamanti bestowing his outrageous talent week-in week-out on a near-invisible A-League. It’s like tuning into Neighbours and finding Jack Nicholson sauntering down Ramsay Street or sitting down for a counter meal at a corner pub with a massive Rothko burning into your retinas from where the flatscreen TV used to hang.
It is not simply that Diamanti is a good footballer – that much is obvious for a man crowned the competition’s player of the season – but that he is a beautiful footballer, whose vision and balance, audacity and technique enhances the world around him. His influence on and off the pitch has helped Western United into a semi-final in their debut season, and he has done it by scoring memorable goals, delivering breathtaking passes, and curating the coolest playlists.
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