Colin Sheridan: 'In praise of the perfect pass' 

Behind many a great goal, there is sometimes an even better pass, and to the true artisan, the assist is often better than the onion, just like the journey is often more meaningful than the destination.

Real Madrid's Luka Modric celebrates their aggregate win over Chelsea in the Champions League at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Goals are great. They are what we dream of as kids. What we practice with rolled up socks and disobedient balloons and pretty much anything we can re-imagine into a ball.

The glory of a goal, whether scored in a school playground or under the watchful, euphoric gaze of 80,000 people, is intoxicating and addictive. The bulging of the net.