IThey tried a genius, but it went wrong. Trejo had just missed a penalty after a great intervention by Gazzaniga, but the Argentine wanted to try. González Fuertes ordered the shot to be repeated because there were Girona players inside the area before it was hit. And the show began.
The referee gave the order, Trejo approached the ball, but, to everyone’s surprise, he did not shoot at the goal, but simply stepped on the leather so that Isi, who came out like an arrow from the edge of the area, was the one to hit the ball. ball. And he failed. In fact he did not find a goal. Gazzaniga was ready. He came out quickly to reduce spaces and when Isi reached the ball the goalkeeper was already on top. The consequence? That the striker wanted to define from above and the ball went over the crossbar.
Cruyff, the pioneer
The inventor of this type of launch was none other than Johan Cruyff. In December 1982, in a match between Ajax and Helmond Sport, the Dutchman was about to take a penalty when he touched the ball to his left to receive the wall of Jesper Olsen and finish marking. An unprecedented gesture that went down in football history and that was repeated in the future.
A precedent in LaLiga
We all remember what happened in a Barcelona – Celta game on February 14, 2016. That day Barcelona was winning 3-1 when, in the 80th minute, Jonny scored a penalty on Messi and he teamed up with Suárez to transform it. mEssi, ready to shoot, touched the ball to his right and Suárez appeared from there to score and make it 4-1.
