"Utter Ridiculousness": Watch This Bizarre Penalty In All Japan High School Tournament
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Over the years, penalty-kick takers have come up with innovative tricks to flummox the opposition goalkeepers but this one from a match at the All Japan High School tournament was just plain bizarre.
Over the years, penalty-kick takers have come up with innovative tricks to flummox the opposition goalkeepers. This trend is not just restricted to lower levels of football but even in the top leagues and on the international stage, players have tried all sorts of things to get the better of goalkeepers. Italian and Chelsea star Jorginho has a unique style of jumping and looking to see where the goalkeeper is moving just before he strikes the ball. Manchester United star Paul Pogba too has an unusual run-up to take his penalty. But what transpired in a match at the All Japan High School tournament undoubtedly takes the cake. Enjoy this utter ridiculousness pic.twitter.com/xKjJZahRyp And in today's episode of mad things to happen in the All Japan High School tournament... a 30 second penalty run-up pic.twitter.com/wL7hqeXYSA Longest penalty take. What's going on there Japan ? On that note,Happy New Year to all. pic.twitter.com/0mW43OHMrz
The match between Ryutsu Keizai Ogashi and Kindai Wakayama went into a penalty shootout. But things took a bizarre turn when a player from Ryutsu Keizai Ogashi came up to take his spot kick.
He first waited patiently after the referee had blown his whistle and then decided to take tiny steps towards the ball, did a fake jump before finally striking the ball. In fact, the entire routine took over 30 seconds.
Luckily for him, he successfully managed to convert the penalty with the goalkeeper diving the wrong way.
Watch the absolutely bizarre penalty here:
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