The Football.....

[Pblakeney]

Well you live and learn. Apparently a "Panenka" is style of penalty kick. Ouattara took a very stupid penalty for Brentford last night. He dinked the ball straight into the keeper's hands. This is what the Brentford manager had to say about it:

"No, I'm not annoyed at all. When you miss a penalty it is a tough moment, but it is easier to not take a penalty than take a penalty.

"It takes serious courage to do that. He practises that technique a lot, if it goes in everyone's raving about him."

Well, there's truth in those words but a little dink down the middle? I doubt many Bees fans are quite as understanding as their manager. Daft. If in doubt, smack hard down the middle. That'll go in 9/10. Dinks? Shuffles? Stop/start? Nothing but showboating.

Named after the first player to do it successfully in a major tournament.
Loads of examples of players succeeding, and failing, on YT.

 

[AndyRM]

My favourite would be Pirlo ruining Joe Hart.


View: https://youtu.be/gXFWmpB-cPQ?si=D1Acpx88Fsnu0aUU

 

[laurentian]

Following just one win in sixteen matches, Northampton Town sack manager Kevin Nolan. Second from bottom of League 1 and all teams around us have games in hand . . . I fear we're going down . . .

 

[laurentian]

This is interesting Premier League vs UEFA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8r1m4mr2k8o

 

[Pblakeney]

This is interesting Premier League vs UEFA:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8r1m4mr2k8o

Is that just a fudge to allow Man City's spending?
Any other team would have had a serious amount of points deducted already.