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Chippy_boy

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Is he the ultimate master at penalties, or just a cocky git who has been lucky so far? I can't quite decide.

Elano was without doubt the previous master. Hit the ball hard into the side netting and it's pretty much unsavable no matter what the keeper does, and that was Elano's style. I don't think he ever missed one for us did he? I would be amazed if he did because he was lethal.

But Balo's style is wierd. The stuttering, slow run up and then casually "passing" the ball into the net with the keeper going the wrong way every time. I would like to believe he has so much skill that he actually waits to see which way the keeper is going and then decides at the last minute which side to pass the ball into. It certainly looks like that.

Or is he just dead jammy? Fecking brilliant either way! The one last night was awesome. Again.
 
He can see the keepers stance as he runs up and see which way the keeper is preparing to dive, if you watch that Ronaldo show all about his body where he scores in the dark from positioning that's how he does it he's awesome!
 
Chippy_boy said:
Is he the ultimate master at penalties, or just a cocky git who has been lucky so far? I can't quite decide.

Elano was without doubt the previous master. Hit the ball hard into the side netting and it's pretty much unsavable no matter what the keeper does, and that was Elano's style. I don't think he ever missed one for us did he? I would be amazed if he did because he was lethal.

But Balo's style is wierd. The stuttering, slow run up and then casually "passing" the ball into the net with the keeper going the wrong way every time. I would like to believe he has so much skill that he actually waits to see which way the keeper is going and then decides at the last minute which side to pass the ball into. It certainly looks like that.

Or is he just dead jammy? Fecking brilliant either way! The one last night was awesome. Again.
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It does seem to look like he relies on the keeper going in the direction he dummies. I expect the video research will catch up with him soon.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Is he the ultimate master at penalties, or just a cocky git who has been lucky so far? I can't quite decide.

Elano was without doubt the previous master. Hit the ball hard into the side netting and it's pretty much unsavable no matter what the keeper does, and that was Elano's style. I don't think he ever missed one for us did he? I would be amazed if he did because he was lethal.

But Balo's style is wierd. The stuttering, slow run up and then casually "passing" the ball into the net with the keeper going the wrong way every time. I would like to believe he has so much skill that he actually waits to see which way the keeper is going and then decides at the last minute which side to pass the ball into. It certainly looks like that.

Or is he just dead jammy? Fecking brilliant either way! The one last night was awesome. Again.
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thats exactly what he does, so much composure as well as skill to master that.
 
I'm very curious to see what he'll do when a keeper decides not to move early. I think he was lucky last night in that Diego Lopez probably didn't know too much about Balotelli's penalty style, so he fell for the dummy. His next one in the Premier League will be interesting.
 
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