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Balotelli and penalties...

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  • #102
    Smithwicks Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭Smithwicks Man


    Reina has come out and said he studied Balotelli's penalties and worked on a technique to save them. Looked at it again and it actually is a very good save, the ball wasn't in the corner but was nowhere near down the middle either. He had to wait until it was kicked as well which made things harder but his reactions were top drawer.

    Replays showed he moved off his line before the ball was kicked and so technically it should have been retaken but that's only nitpicking as it happens nearly all of the time. Good save but I expect Balotelli to go on another run of scoring penalties again due to his composure and the fact that he tries to dribble in the box and win penalties (not by cheating though) in every game.


  • #103
    [Deleted User]
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    great save tbf


  • #104
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,694 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    Smithwicks Man wrote: »
    Reina has come out and said he studied Balotelli's penalties and worked on a technique to save them. Looked at it again and it actually is a very good save, the ball wasn't in the corner but was nowhere near down the middle either. He had to wait until it was kicked as well which made things harder but his reactions were top drawer.

    Paolo Bandini leads to that point in his Serie A blog - that Valero and Benitez met with Benitez to watch his penalties...

    http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/sep/23/mario-balotelli-miss-rafael-benitz-napoli


  • #105
    iMuse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭iMuse


    He just missed another peno, his greatness is slipping....


  • #106
    Smithwicks Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,377 ✭✭✭Smithwicks Man


    Shocking penalty he took tonight. Passed it down the middle after the keeper didn't dive.

    He needs to mix things up. He should scrap the stutter run-up sometimes and take the odd Lampard-esque penalty just to keep the keepers guessing.


  • #107
    Morzadec
    Registered Users Posts: 5,952 ✭✭✭Morzadec


    Looks like Le Tissier's crown is safe now


  • #108
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Morzadec wrote: »
    Looks like Le Tissier's crown is safe now

    Rickie Lambert has 32 in 32.


  • #109
    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    Skylinehead wrote: »
    Rickie Lambert has 32 in 32.

    32 in a row but he has missed them before.


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