Eduardo Hurtado but mostly about Zitelli

[Kyle A]

Anyone else know he left hibs in 2002 for Barcelona

[zlatan]

omg

[cocopops1875]

aye:bye:

[mim]

Barcelona of Ecuador

[Dirkster23]

Anyone else know he left hibs in 2002 for Barcelona

:agree:

[Hibernian Verse]

Wow. Yet again Hibs.net amazes me.

[Bostonhibby]

:agree: Fortnights holiday I heard :greengrin

[eastmainsmsh]

I remember at er against motherwell Hurtado and Zitelli were warming up with donald park crossing from the left and Zitelli doing bicycle kicks into the net then hurtado failing to even head or finish parkys crosses :bitchy::greengrin

and Zitelli and Parky looking at each other and laughing :top marks

[essexhibee]

Ahh Zitelli that brings memories back. THAT goal at Dens park what a strike.

[eastmainsmsh]

Ahh Zitelli that brings memories back. THAT goal at Dens park what a strike.

class :agree:

[SteveHFC]

Ahh Zitelli that brings memories back. THAT goal at Dens park what a strike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth

[Hibstrooper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth

It's depressing watching that when you compare it with what we have to tolerate these days! :boo hoo:

[cheltenhamhibee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth


take a boooooo son

[Walter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth


one of those goals where i remember where i was actually sitting watching it

[Ollie Reed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth

Goal reminds me of 2 things....

The first being Andy Gray playing it over and over again on his Monday night show and drooling about how it was done with the most wonderful technique.

The second being a former Hibs.net contributor, who even after that goal, was still insisting that Zitelli was a dud.

[Hibbyradge]

Incredibly, it didn't win goal of the month, iirc.

[Haymaker]

Zitelli... What a player... He scored a peach from a tight angle against the arabs too did he not? Almost right at the byline IIRC?

[Onceinawhile]

Incredibly, it didn't win goal of the month, iirc.

Nope, Gordon Smith picked another goal.

Probably a hun one at that.

Always remember thinking "just hit the ball normally" right before he overhead kicked it right into the onion bag.

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

It's depressing watching that when you compare it with what we have to tolerate these days! :boo hoo:

and he wasn't a first pick sometimes.

[Viva_Palmeiras]

Funny remember looking this up at the time

From the Spanish verb hurtar:
hurtado is:
***Past Participle

hur·ta·do**Adjective
stolen, robbed; Synonyms: asolado

Source: wordmagicsoft.com

[IWasThere2016]

Zitelli... What a player... He scored a peach from a tight angle against the arabs too did he not? Almost right at the byline IIRC?

I think you're thinking of a raker v the Muthas

[Number69]

Zitelli... What a player... He scored a peach from a tight angle against the arabs too did he not? Almost right at the byline IIRC?

Yes ****ing belter of a goal top corner from, as you say pretty much the bi line!!!

Cant find the vid but I know there is one somewhere....HEEEEEEEELP????

[GreenCastle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enVoaRdC8o

Not the best quality but a screamer v Athens :thumbsup::agree:

[saltandsauce]

He scored from a tight angle against well away on a sunday 1805 ko think we scored 6 that day.

[Gettin' Auld]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enVoaRdC8o

Not the best quality but a screamer v Athens :thumbsup::agree:
That's the goal i always think of first when David Zitelli's name gets mentioned.
:thumbsup:

[Hibercelona]

He scored from a tight angle against well away on a sunday 1805 ko think we scored 6 that day.

Aye, think you're right.

But i'm pretty sure we didn't conceed 6 that time round. :boo hoo:

[Makaveli]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enVoaRdC8o

Not the best quality but a screamer v Athens :thumbsup::agree:

That's the first time I've seen that goal since on the night! Absolute raker right enough, but I remembered it being from about twice as far out... :greengrin

[LaMotta]

He scored from a tight angle against well away on a sunday 1805 ko think we scored 6 that day.


Aye, think you're right.

But i'm pretty sure we didn't conceed 6 that time round. :boo hoo:

It was a three one victory at fir park

Match Report (http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/hibs-rediscover-winning-touch-628972.html)
:thumbsup:

[Sas_The_Hibby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2enVoaRdC8o

Not the best quality but a screamer v Athens :thumbsup::agree:

That's the first video I've ever seen filmed through two sheets of bog paper!! :greengrin

[aberhibsfc]

Ahh Zitelli that brings memories back. THAT goal at Dens park what a strike.
:top marks

Good player.

I remember him doing the damage in Europe while playing in France, a couple of years before he came to ER, I believe both Liverpool (£6 Million) & Rangers (£?) had bids rejected.

He then turns up at ER, surprised how little he gets recognition. Maybe playing in a team with Latapy, Sauzee shifted the spotlight. What a player though.

[GreenCastle]

That's the first video I've ever seen filmed through two sheets of bog paper!! :greengrin

Found a better quality video :greengrin

3.30 mins in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2FkQlAkdk

Amazing atmosphere that night :agree:

[Houchy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_yGw6g0Y-s :not worth:not worth:not worth

Wee Russel taking the corner wearing Mixus night gown too.

[nonshinyfinish]

That's the first time I've seen that goal since on the night! Absolute raker right enough, but I remembered it being from about twice as far out... :greengrin

:agree: If you'd asked me immediately after the game I'd probably have said it was from our half. :greengrin

[greenlad]

Nope, Gordon Smith picked another goal.


What was particularly damning wasn't just that this wasn't awarded BBC Scotlands Goal of the Month - but incredibly it WASN'T EVEN IN THE SHORTLIST OF SIX for that month!

I think some crap Ronald de Boer goal against Killie or St Johnstone won it when he shimmied one way, shimmied the other way, not touching the ball and used the space created by fooling the defender to curl it in from about 10 yards. Smith then tried to explain his selection by some bizarre logic that Zitelli's goal wasn't that good but he was fooling no-one.

There was another rumour doing the rounds that as this was a live SKY game the BBC would have to pay SKY everytime the goal was shown which struck me as a load of poppycock.

[TheDude]

Looking through the eyes of nostalgia is a funny thing.

I remember Zitelli being a classy player with bags of techincal mastery to spare, if not lazy, slightly arrogant and very greedy.

The huge wage for what we actually got out of him was never comparable.

He was reminisant of a time in the SPL where his level of player could be brought in to warm the bench (on the aforementioned mega wages), then be chucked on for the last twenty minutes to see if a moment of genius could be sprung out of him.

He'd no doubt walk into the current team, but the money splashing SPL of yore isnt really a fair comparison for todays pauper version of the league.

[Peevemor]

Och, any old excuse ... :greengrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0NJm-H6t58&feature=fvw

[GreenCastle]

Och, any old excuse ... :greengrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0NJm-H6t58&feature=fvw

:agree::thumbsup:

I like the vid - maybe rename it so it's easier to find ?

The goal at Motherwell is on there at 2.30 mins :top marks

[frazeHFC]

Bamba is the only player from now i would put into that team, and Deeks on his day.

What a goal :thumbsup:

Yeah Peevemor, change the name so we can find it. Before i went on it the views was 1875 :thumbsup:

[GreenCastle]

Bamba is the only player from now i would put into that team, and Deeks on his day.

What a goal :thumbsup:

Yeah Peevemor, change the name so we can find it. Before i went on it the views was 1875 :thumbsup:

7v0 likes :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Looking back at that team is depressing when you compare it to what we have had to put up with since Mowbray left (or maybe after about 6 months of Collins time in charge). That team would win the league now or at least be very, very close. Sauzee, Laursen, Mixu, Zitelli, O'Neill, Latapy on their day were sheer class. Even the boo boy of that team, Archie Lovell would stroll into our current team. I remeber that team handing out a few real hammerings and had Celtc under Martin O'neill not been just a cut above in the 00/01 season we could have won THAT cup.