Kosei Uryu's dandy of a goal

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Paul Radley has a piece up about Japan's "Pocket Rocket" Kosei Uryu, the 5-foot-4-inch (1.63 metres) midfielder who scored the lone goal for the Japanese in a 1-0 win over Russia on Saturday night, their first match of the Fifa Under 17 World Cup.

Uryu's nifty little strike evoked comparisons from Radley to Spain's Xavi and Andres Iniesta, both listed at 5-foot-7 (1.70 metres).

One might even be tempted to call Uryu the Japanese Messi, if only the title weren't already taken.