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Amir Sayoud Gives Us The Worst Penalty Kick Ever (Video)
Shooting a soccer ball on a goal that is 8-feet tall and 24-feet wide from only 36-feet away doesn’t seem like such a tough task for anyone with a reasonable amount of athleticism in their genes. I therefore can’t help but wonder why professional soccer players, who have tons of athleticism and practice the game [...]
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Backwards Penalty Shot Got UAE’s Awana Diab In Trouble (Video)
With his team holding a commanding 5-2 lead over Lebanon during Sunday’s friendly match, UAE’s Awana Diab was looking to make things a little more challenging as he stepped up to take a penalty kick in the 79th minute. What he came up with was a backheel-backwards penalty shot, which resulted in a goal, but [...]
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Backspin Turned This Penalty Kick Miss Into A Penalty Kick Goal (Video)
If every soccer goalkeeper would read our blog or take a class in physics, they would all know that a penalty kick isn’t over until the ball has come to a complete stop or is safely cleared from the vicinity of the net. The latest goaltender to learn this lesson was Loris Angeli of Italian [...]
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Here Is A Penalty Kick With A Back Flip Follow-Through (Video)
As far as pointless penalty kick hi-jinx go, this has to be among the best we have ever seen. It comes from a match between Swiss clubs FC Baar and FC Sempach. During the first half, Finnish under-16 player Joonas Jokinen was called upon to step up and take a penalty kick for FC Baar. [...]
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Russian Soccer Fan Steals The Show With A Penalty Kick Goal
Total Pro Sports – It is not unlikely to assume that most soccer fans out there who have at some point witnessed a professional star botch a penalty kick attempt have said to themselves “how in the world can he miss that.” The expected response from any player would be, “it is not as easy [...]
