Who am I?

Pepe?

Thiago Alcantara

Not Pepe, not Thiago

Laporte maybe, there was some controversy regarding his nationality and I know he didn't play against Inter, not sure if it means came on as a sub or what.

As for the sky I guess City's jersey colour.

Not Laporte

The player we are looking for is long forgotten by most people. But i am sure everybody on the forum knows him.

Nice riddle though, decent poetry as well.

My next guess is Thiago Motta. He technically won from the bench, after he was sent off in the semis after Busquets peek a boo.

Have no idea how the sky relates to him though, probably not him.

nice poetry indeed, honestly the sky line is throwing me off so much because the only thing it makes me think of is Man City, as in the Sky Blues (their nickname). And of course Man City only now won the CL.

Not Motta. In fact no one has been even close so far.

I suggest to take that clue about the sky from a more scientific stance.

-Part 2-
Nobody on Goal Legacy
Seems to remember me
I bet some hapless guy could have found me easily

Anatoly Tymoschuk?

Yes

Great riddle tbh. I still don't understand the sky part though.

Tymoshchuk played for and is currently coaching Zenit

Spoiler:

Zenit is also a series of rockets built in USSR

Sad fact Tymoshchuk is a legend for Ukraine national team (144 games) but he was recently stripped of every accolade and palmares he ever had and revoked as his coaching license. They try to erase him from history because he chose to remain at Zenit after Putin invaded Ukraine. I read some article about that the other day and found the way he was treated is very wack, that's how remember his existence.

Played for Bayern mostly as sub and won CL. Legend at Shakhtar and Zenit with whom he won EL so there's that.

GTFO

I always thought Zenith meant something like a peak or similar.

Gave you a pass with part 2 tbh

I think El G does poetry in his spare time shoot us your best lines bud !!

okay, here's one...

Once upon a time, I was a Golden Boy
First impressions matter, had that flair
A couple of nets I did destroy
Before being confined to the wheelchair

The croatian Eduardo ?

Kyrie Irving?

Was a golden boy, had flair, destroyed the Nets

Warrior wrote:Gave you a pass with part 2 tbh

I think El G does poetry in his spare time shoot us your best lines bud !!

Not really, I solved it before I saw you edited that in

lmao great guesses, but no

Alexandre Pato

ditto

i knew that would be easy:
- won the Golden Boy award in 2009
- had a tendency for scoring on his debuts at both club and international level, obviously had Brazilian flair
- had a strong striking technique to him as well
- injuries derailed his development

here's a harder one (i think):

I too had flair, but I'm not Brazilian
My first touch is your favourite player's dream
See me and you might think I'm Reptilian
Captained my national team

Berbatov?

Hard disagree about the reptilian part though

Van Persie?

Also have no idea about the reptillian part, wtf

Cruijf wrote:Berbatov?

Hard disagree about the reptilian part though

goddammit, too easy...
Berbatov has such a distinct alien look, don't you guys think?

Movie star or Italian mobster tbh

Yes he looks like a drowned Andy Garcia