Tuesday night's match between Juventus and Barcelona was a great night for Paulo Dybala and proved exactly why his former teammate Paul Pogba used video game FIFA as inspiration for Dybala's nickname.
Male culture loves a nickname, although they're usually pretty crap. How many of you out there are just known simply as your surname or a shortened version of it.
Good old Wazza. Image: PA Images
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Football surnames are even worse than the ones in school, think shortening a surname and adding an 'a' at the end like 'Wazza' or 'Carra' or simply adding a 'y' a la 'Giggsy'.
But sometimes nicknames can be a bit more creative, one time Crystal Palace defender Fitz Hall was known as 'One Size', probably the greatest nickname in football ever.
However tonight Paulo Dybala proved exactly why Paul Pogba decided to bestow a FIFA inspired nickname to his former teammate when they were both at Juventus last season:
Dybala was in brilliant form for the Old Lady on Tuesday night as he scored twice in Juventus' 3-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League.
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The Argentinian striker scored one of his apparent PlayStation goals with this lovely turn and shot after Juan Cuadrado's pass:
Before he added his second and virtually sealed the match for the Italian champions:
It would take something of a miracle to come back from this for Luis Enrique's side and get them into the semi-finals of the Champions League, not that they've done it before...
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