They gave Everton's defence a bit of a fright when Asamoah broke through and, after advancing unimpeded for a considerable distance, sent a shot curving tantalisingly wide.
He was referring to the numerous changes in the game over the last 50 years, such as the slap shot, curved stick blades and goalie masks.
You don't realise how good Toni Kroos's finish against Rayo is until you see it from behind the goal, the shot curving back inside the post like bowling ball spinning along a varnished lane.
Hull looked uneasy in the face of Hatem Ben Arfa and friends, but they were not about to surrender and equalised when the excellent Robbie Brady cut in from the left and sent an angled shot curving through Tim Krul's legs.
He clearly made a good job of it because a couple of minutes later Assaidi cut inside from the left, dodged Mathieu Debuchy and sent a wonderfully weighted shot curving into the top corner.
The third shot curves nicely onto the green to within four feet of the hole.
Tricky: Cunning specialists whose confusing shots curve left and right, making their final destination hard to determine: Boo, Bowser Jr. Defensive, Patient players whose goal is to return everything and let their opponents make mistakes: Waluigi, Wiggler.
While shaping a tee shot to curve in either direction is well within the skill set of an elite pro golfer, for most right-handers, making the ball curve right to left is a more dangerous, unpredictable play.
Scott swung, looked up and yowled, "Get down!" The shot was curving left as soon as it left the club.
Just three minutes after he came off the bench, Tevez took a shot that curved out of the reach of goalkeeper Oscar Ibanez, helping eliminate host Peru.
Mark Quinn opened the sixth by slapping a shot that curved near the left-field foul pole, missing a homer by 10 feet.
