by Kenny Kan » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:13 am
Nothing wrong with those pens.
Technically the only thing wrong with them is that the keeper moves before the ball is struck but seeing as the ball ends up in the back of the net - the ref isn't going to make him retake them. John Aldridge didn't take pens exactly like that but he did a weird little shuffle before striking the ball and back in the day people bemoaned that, nothing wrong with it though.
It's tough on keepers but, many keepers who do save a pen or play mind games before hand dive before the ball is struck. Swings and roundabouts. It's not as easy taken a pen like this Neymar fella does compared to the orthodox style, IMO there is nothing what so ever wrong with it.
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