john@staustell wrote:Although I haven't been a student of football around the world too much over time, there are very few that seem to do great penalties. IE: they have the skill to watch the keeper go and then just place it somewhere else. Most people, including Shearer and Tevez, just look up at the goal and hit it somewhere. Whether the keeper gets to it or goes the right way is luck or sheer power/placement right in the corner. Tevez' kicks are always 'saveable'.
Unfortunately the very best at this black art was Cantona, then Le Tissier. Balotelli seems to have this ability, dare I say it? Although we have only seen one keeper baffled as yet!
Rag or not, Jesper Olsen was the master of waiting for the keeper to make the first move. Brolin also did it really well.
