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ANTONIO CASSANO COULDN’T have been much cooler with this penalty.
Parma trailed Udinese 2-1 in first-half stoppage time last night when Cassano dinked a panenka that brushed the underside of the crossbar on its way in.
Udinese went on to win 4-2 thanks to goals from Thomas Heurtaux and Cyril Thereau but we’re still salivating over Cassano’s deft touch.
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Was it the perfect panenka? After all, there is the unwritten rule that goals which go in off the bar are extra special.
Or do you prefer your panenkas to be more faithful to the Czech master’s original, floating agonisingly above the keeper’s outstretched leg? Something like this from bearded gent Andrea Pirlo:
The perfect panenka? Cassano glances penalty off the underside of the bar and in
ANTONIO CASSANO COULDN’T have been much cooler with this penalty.
Parma trailed Udinese 2-1 in first-half stoppage time last night when Cassano dinked a panenka that brushed the underside of the crossbar on its way in.
Udinese went on to win 4-2 thanks to goals from Thomas Heurtaux and Cyril Thereau but we’re still salivating over Cassano’s deft touch.
Was it the perfect panenka? After all, there is the unwritten rule that goals which go in off the bar are extra special.
Or do you prefer your panenkas to be more faithful to the Czech master’s original, floating agonisingly above the keeper’s outstretched leg? Something like this from bearded gent Andrea Pirlo:
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