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Posted by whitesmoke on Oct-08-2003 17:06:

Amazing Soccer Save

HERE

Posted by Phunky1 on Oct-08-2003 17:43:

WTF that guy isn't human

Posted by Disney on Oct-08-2003 17:51:

That's that Columbian Ren� Higuita isn't it

Posted by P4z! on Oct-08-2003 17:57:

I've heard that trick is called 'The Scorpion'. Awesome save

Posted by Scorpio Rising on Oct-08-2003 18:01:

ah, remember that one: a classic

Posted by Mellow Yellow on Oct-08-2003 18:14:

WOW!

Posted by allstar on Oct-08-2003 18:33:

I remember seeing that live.. unbelievable!

Posted by gatecrasher on Oct-08-2003 22:04:

Lol I love that save I remember when I first saw it, quality

Posted by Psionic on Oct-08-2003 23:10:

HoLY SHIT!

Posted by Dj Afro Thunder on Oct-09-2003 04:45:

now that's what I call skill!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by skip on Oct-09-2003 05:29:

great save, but why risk it in a game, cuz that would have been easy to catch! anyway that looked great, maybe it was a charity match that doesn't matter (like in tennis sometimes)!?!?!

Posted by mr. poopyhead on Oct-09-2003 05:32:

seriously... i don't watch much football... so can someone explain that move to me?!?

it looks like a whole lot of showboating to me!

edit: i did a bit of searching on the net and found this...

quote:
Can you settle an office dispute? asks Chris Walsh. During England's goalless draw with Columbia in 1995 had the referee already blown for offside when Rene Higuita made his infamous save?

Cast your mind back to September 1995, Chris. Alan Shearer was in the midst of his England goalscoring drought, Gazza had just dyed his hair jet black, and the only highlight of a tedious 0-0 draw with Columbia was a remarkable save by Higuita in the 22nd minute.

Jamie Redknapp's lob was heading towards goal when the Columbian keeper dived under the ball and performed an astonishing airborne back-flick to clear the ball away. The Scorpion Kick was born.

Producers of zany sporting highlights shows were rubbing their hands with glee. And soon it was forgotten that the goal wouldn't have counted anyway, because the linesman's flag was up for offside. Higuita, however, insisted he was not aware of that.

"I have never seen anything like that before," England coach Terry Venables told reporters afterwards. "He must have given his last three managers heart attacks. I like to see those sort of things - as long as they come from the other goalkeeper." Boom, boom.

AND

quote:
As they say on t.v. 'Kids don't try this at home.'
Performed by Colombian keeper Renee Higuita
in a game against England, at Wembley.
Higuita had been practising the move during warm-ups,
but no-one believed he would actually attempt it during a game.
Some people say the whistle blew before he tried this,
but Higuita claims he did not hear any whistle.
Either way, this is an incredible save!

soooo... apparently he WAS just showboating, hahaha...

Posted by Essential1 on Oct-09-2003 06:35:

that was nice regardless

Posted by DjObscene on Oct-09-2003 09:05:

definitely a classic...the dude's got skilllzzz

Posted by Aled Mann on Oct-09-2003 09:45:

quote:
great save, but why risk it in a game

A free kick had already been called while the ball was in the air if my memory serves me correctly! So there was no risk. Even if he would have cocked it up the goal wouldn't have counted.

And yeah it is Ren� Higuita and yeah it's called The Scorpion Kick!

Posted by spike_boy69 on Oct-10-2003 22:13:

now i remember watching that, when football wasnt in so much disripute

Posted by Shudder on Oct-11-2003 01:51:

reminds me of shaolin soccer

Posted by Trancention on Oct-12-2003 08:00:

Fooking amazing!

Posted by loconet on Oct-13-2003 23:05:

Ah yes, Higuita .. really entertaining to watch him play. He's missed in the field.

Posted by DJ_NRG on Oct-14-2003 01:35:

Pfffft! Showoff!!

Posted by quilly on Oct-14-2003 08:53:

Takes a lot of guts to do that in a game

Posted by Martinez on Oct-14-2003 11:13:

i don�t know if i�m right, but i remember some mexican player making the same save on a world cup

Posted by webmeister on Oct-14-2003 12:49:

I can do that

Seriously though ..