John Barnes
Maracana Magic (Art Print)

Eight seconds in Rio. John Barnes stopped thinking and started playing.

Maracanã. 10 June 1984.

Brazil against England.

Barnes receives the ball on the left and begins to move.

THE GOALSOUL INTERPRETATION

Maracanã Magic celebrates one of English football's great solo goals without reaching for invented mysticism.

Barnes glides past one challenge, then another, cuts inside the penalty area and finishes beyond the goalkeeper. The entire move feels instinctive — a sequence of decisions made too quickly to look planned.

Against Brazil, in Rio, inside the Maracanã, an England winger briefly plays with the freedom usually associated with the opposition.

No spell. No voodoo. Just football played beyond conscious thought.

THE PRINT

An original Goalsoul John Barnes England football art print celebrating his famous 1984 solo goal against Brazil at the Maracanã.

Produced as a premium Giclée art print for exceptional colour, detail and longevity.

30 × 40 cm · 40 × 50 cm · 60 × 80 cm

John Barnes — Maracanã Magic.

Goalsoul — Keeping the Game Beautiful.

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