Posted on 26th April 2019
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Why anyone gets involved with panenka style-penalties, despite the many high profile videos in recent years showing how risky they are, is beyond us. This week Venezuelan Brendix Parra was sacked by his club after this disastrous contribution to panenka lore – costing his side their place in the Copa Sudamericana.
The panenka style penalty is a risky business – get it right and you look suave leaving the keeper scrambling. Get it wrong and you look like, well, you look like Swansea City’s Bersant Celina at the Hawthorns this week. Truly terrible.
We love it when a ‘keeper goes up for a corner in the dying moments of a game. And we love it even more when they’re exposed on the counter. Here, Clint Dempsey almost makes the San Jose Earthquakes pay…
LA Galaxy’s Michael Ciani treats us to a stylish own goal for this week’s And finally… Ciani tied himself in knots before back-heeling the ball into his own net. Luckily, an unknown Swedish striker scored a hat-trick to save the game for LA.
Orlando Pirates ‘keeper Wayne Sandilands stakes his claim for a spot in our And finally… Hall of Fame this week with a truly atrocious piece of control. His faffery put the Pirates 1-0 down, but luckily they managed to scrape a draw…
