Could you explain what the words in bold mean?
GOAL! Italy 1-0 England (Raspadori 68)
Out of not very much at all, a wonder goal! Raspadori takes delivery of a speculative pass down the inside-left channel. He brings it down from the sky, takes a touch to the left, drops a shoulder back to the right, sending Walker off to the shops, and whips a sensational shot across Pope and into the right-hand side of goal. One hell of a finish!
To bring down a ball is to control the ball - it suggests that it is quite a difficult ball to control. The word 'sky' suggests that the ball came down from a great height so this control by the Italian player was even more impressive.
To send a player to the shops is explained in this post here 😀
 https://languagecaster.com/community/football-language-around-the-world/burek/#post-161Â
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