The worst penalty kick?

[The Coon Dog]

Here are a few to chose from:

[anfo27]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

why did the guy in the first clip get a yellow card? that just doesn't make any sense at all

[LostDoggy]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

why did the guy in the first clip get a yellow card? that just doesn't make any sense at all

Diving I suppose he stubbed his toe and fell for the shame.

[divvydan]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

Yellow card is for stopping whilst taking a penalty kick, you can't stop and start again.

[soupman]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

The first one is the worst. Tried to be a smart arse, and not only failed completely (I'm not even sure his kick was intentional), but got a yellow card to add to the humiliation.

BTW is the Juventis Aston Villa clash in an empty stadium?

[LostDoggy]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

Bloody funny stuff. The commentator in the Del Piero clip was funnier than the penalty itself. I actually laughed for half a minute after seeing the second one.

ps. It's amazing how many 'worst kick, worst keeper, worst whatever' clips are out of the middle eastern leagues. I saw a goalkeeping clip the other day that would make any coach weep.

[Fletcher]

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Never heard these worst penalty kick's videos so thanks for sharing with everyone. The guy in the video must get red card as he didn't knew how to pit football in the goal.

[Twodogs]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

Yellow card is for stopping whilst taking a penalty kick, you can't stop and start again.

I didnt know that. So you cant run in, stop, send the 'keeper the wrong way then just toe the ball in the opposite corner of the net?

[Twodogs]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

It doesn't surprise me that you weren't aware of this rule as it is creeping more and more in to the game, without being stopped by the refs.

That's what I thought too. Over the last couple of years it seems that a lot of players feign kicking the ball in one direction only to pivot and send the ball the other way. It seemed to start at the last World Cup I reckon.


Speaking of bad misses why isnt Gyan's smacking the ball into the crossbar in the World Cup quarter final in 2010 on the list above?

[divvydan]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

You're not allowed to completely stop but you are allowed to slow right down as long as you are still moving forward. There's obviously a fuzzy area when you slow down so much that you either appear to stop or stop for the slightest moment in time, somewhat like cars at stop signs, most don't technically stop, they just slow to a very low speed and then accelerate through.

[LostDoggy]

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The yellow is BS. He did very little wrong that warrants it. The only thing I could say was because he dived onto the ball.

[the banker]

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Too many of these make you wonder if there was betting involved?

[LostDoggy]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

Maybe in Eygpt?

[LostDoggy]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

Too many of these make you wonder if there was betting involved?

No question.

Over the weekend in China there was a player who was publicly berated by his coach on the sideline after the match for failing to score an own goal in the last minute. This wasn't for the lack of trying, mind you, he tried to innocuously "accidentally" chip his own keeper but the ball hit the bar and bounced out. It was because they were 4-0 up but were trying to get a three goal margin for betting purposes. The scary part is how blatant it is now, people aren't even really trying to hide it anymore.

Any discussion of crappy national teams in soccer mad countries has to start with an honest look at match fixing.

[KT31]

Re: The worst penalty kick?

No question.

Over the weekend in China there was a player who was publicly berated by his coach on the sideline after the match for failing to score an own goal in the last minute. This wasn't for the lack of trying, mind you, he tried to innocuously "accidentally" chip his own keeper but the ball hit the bar and bounced out. It was because they were 4-0 up but were trying to get a three goal margin for betting purposes. The scary part is how blatant it is now, people aren't even really trying to hide it anymore.

Any discussion of crappy national teams in soccer mad countries has to start with an honest look at match fixing.

In Columbia they would have just shot him.