That brings up a more general point (as the Bishop said to the nun). Many players today seem to think it's almost a cause for shame if they don't hit either side of the ball rather than through it, even when the best, or sometimes only, option is to just hit straight through it. Take Markovic (I think it was him) last night - there was no way in that position and speed he needed to try to bend the ball into the net but still he did it and almost sliced off the corner flag as a consequence. It's become a strange technical obsession.