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Amazing Soccer Save
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| Phunky1 |
| WTF :eyes: that guy isn't human |
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| Disney |
| That's that Columbian René Higuita isn't it |
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| P4z! |
| I've heard that trick is called 'The Scorpion'. Awesome save :) |
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| Scorpio Rising |
| ah, remember that one: a classic |
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| MK-S |
| I remember seeing that live.. unbelievable! |
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| gatecrasher |
| Lol I love that save I remember when I first saw it, quality |
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| Dj Afro Thunder |
| now that's what I call skill!!!!!!!!!!!:eyespop: |
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| skip |
| 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)!?!?!:D |
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| mr. poopyhead |
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. |
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| 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... |
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