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The amazing back flip penalty kick
Published Wednesday, Apr 13 2011, 11:50 BST | By Mayer Nissim | 3 comments
There's nothing quite like the one-on-one battle of wits that is football's penalty kick. All the pressure is on the taker, but that doesn't stop the brave from trying to express themselves.
Alan Shearer's power blasts and Matt Le Tissier's calm composure are one thing. Eric Cantona's cheeky side-foots and Thierry Henry/Robert Pires' embarrassing training-ground-routine-gone-wrong linger in the mind for different reasons.
But Joonas Jokinen of Kick FC Baar in Switzerland opened the scoring in real style against local rivals FC Sempach, setting the team on their way to a 3-0 victory with an audacious kick/backwards somersault combo.
Watch the video of the amazing back flip penalty below:
Alan Shearer's power blasts and Matt Le Tissier's calm composure are one thing. Eric Cantona's cheeky side-foots and Thierry Henry/Robert Pires' embarrassing training-ground-routine-gone-wrong linger in the mind for different reasons.
But Joonas Jokinen of Kick FC Baar in Switzerland opened the scoring in real style against local rivals FC Sempach, setting the team on their way to a 3-0 victory with an audacious kick/backwards somersault combo.
Watch the video of the amazing back flip penalty below:
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