Although giving up a penalty kick is something no one wants to do, it’s often understandable. In the jostling and desperate efforts to keep a striker at bay, these things happen sometimes.
But then there are other penalty kicks that are given up — the kinds of penalty kicks that can only be described as, well, dumb. Sporting CP’s reserve team showed us a new way to concede a completely unnecessary penalty kick on Sunday vs. Academica. Take a look:
Simply stunning — and not in a good way.
The ball clearly had not yet crossed the line and, by putting a toe to the ball, the substitute was interfering with the play.