“‘Nutmegs, for me, are a beautiful thing to do,’ Javier Pastore, the former Argentina international, said. ‘They’re beautiful to watch. In fact, even when I get nutmegged myself I find that beautiful – and that actually happens quite a lot too!’  Whether using the inside or outside of the foot, or the sole or the heel, Pastore was an absolute master of slipping the ball between an opponent’s legs, creating the illusion that he was running through people at times. Eliminates is a good word. Humiliates would be another. There are more elaborate skills on a football pitch, for sure, but it’s hard to think of any other trick that brings one player so much adulation and strips another of their dignity in quite the same way as a nutmeg. …”
The Athletic (Video)