Darwin Nunez’s cunning in Uruguay-Ghana: he digs the penalty spot and makes the opponent miss – Football

A successful scam. Author: Darwin Nunezstriker ofUruguay passed last summer since Benfica to the Liverpool for 75 million euros plus 25 in bonuses. In the first half of the challenge with Ghanain the last round of Group H of the World Cup, the referee Siebert awarded a penalty kick to the Africans for tripping the goalkeeper rochet to the detriment of Andre Ayew. Big protests, also because initially the attacker, who plays in Qatar, in Al-Sadd, was judged to be offside. After the correction of the Var, the German match director then conceded the penalty. Nunez waited for the right moment, when the referee was still busy arguing with his teammates and zac, he stepped on the penalty spot with his left foot, to ruin the serve, provoking the immediate reaction of the Ghanaians: the first to push him away was the full-back Babathen followed by the other defender Amartey. At that point Siebert turned around and admonished Nunez, who used all of his acting skills, pretending to be amazed and not to understand the reason for the sanction.

Jordan Ayew’s shot, Rochet’s save

André Ayew’s brother, Jordan, went to the spot. His shot, angled but slow, was saved by the South American goalkeeper, who dived to his left. It was the 21st minute and there the match turned, because in the space of 11 minutes Uruguay scored two goals with Giorgion De Arrascaeta, midfielder who plays for Flamengo, Brazil. The match ended 2-0 for the South Americans, who however were eliminated for the simultaneous victory of the South Korea on Portugal. To go through, Uruguay would have had to score another goal, which didn’t come due to the desperation of its players, who were furious with Siebert in the end, who didn’t feel he had to punish two interventions in the Ghanaian area with a penalty in the second half. on Nunez and on the former Neapolitan Cavani.

The Juventus-Turin derby, Maspero’s scavetto, Salas’ mistake

“Hoeing” the spot to make the opponent miss is a football classic, so much so that more and more often, when waiting times lengthen due to protests or revisions to the Var, the players of the team benefiting from the shot they circle around the disk to “protect” it. In Italy, the most famous case dates back to October 14, 2001, in the Turin derby. There Juventusafter taking the lead 3-0, was sensationally equalized by Turin: the comeback was completed seven minutes from the end by a goal of Richard Masperojust entered the field. In the 44th minute, however, the referee Borriello conceded a penalty to Juve: all of Toro surrounded him in protest and Maspero took advantage of the confusion to dig the spot with the heel of his boot. The Chilean Salas he took charge of the execution but shot very high: the derby finished 3-3 and from that day Riccardo Maspero became a grenade hero.