Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes, eat your coronary heart out!
A Japanese scholar has made the Manchester United duo’s gradual penalty run-ups appears like sprints throughout a Excessive College soccer match.
Fernandes and Pogba – in addition to Chelsea’s Jorginho and a bunch of different gamers – have began a development of gradual and stuttering spot-kick run-ups in recent times to try to outfox goalkeepers.
Pogba as soon as took TEN seconds to make 28 tiny steps towards the ball throughout one in all his penalties – which was truly saved by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
However one scholar in Japan has taken the development to a brand new stage.
The teen began off by taking just a few sideways steps to alter the angle of his shot, earlier than tip-toeing your entire means from exterior of the penalty space to the ball.
You’ll be able to take a look at a clip of his weird penalty, beneath…
One other participant who has an uncommon penalty method is Nottingham Forest’s Lyle Taylor.
Taylor, who joined Forest final yr from Charlton, begins his ‘walk-up’ exterior the penalty space and locks give attention to the goalkeeper’s eyes as he approaches the ball.
On the ultimate second, the ahead picks his spot and shoots.
You’ll be able to take a look at one in all his penalties, beneath…
