It gets better, of course, because each time when the ball rebounded, he controlled it with his chest. What is this wizardry, we hear you ask? Well, that was the question on everyone's lips at the time and many fans believed the footage wasn't real. Largely because people simply couldn't believe it was even possible. Yet there were also a few other giveaways that the clip had been doctored. These have been the subject of countless arguments on forums.
Firstly, if you rewatch the clip from - the vital moments in question - the camera suddenly zooms out. The Cruyff turn is one of the most famous and one of the most evasive tricks in football. Though the Dutch hero undoubtedly performed it countless times beforehand, it was first witnessed by the masses during the World Cup in Germany.
Cruyff, one of the most talented players the game has ever seen, faked to pass the ball before dragging the ball in the opposite direction and heading into the penalty area—leaving the Swedish defender utterly baffled. Ferenc Puskas was a Hungarian forward who played for Spanish giants Real Madrid, amongst others, and his goalscoring record put him up there with the best.
Puskas' famous trick came in when playing for Hungary. The forward receives the ball on the edge of the six-yard box and, instead of shooting, opts to drag the ball back—fooling the sliding defender—and move in a different direction in one fluid movement.
Augustine "Jay-Jay" Okocha—the man so good, they named him twice—was one of the best tricksters the Premier League has ever seen. The Nigerian had a number of evasive moves in his arsenal to out-manoeuvre the opposition, but his most famed trick was dubbed "the Okocha turn. Rolling the ball one way with the studs of one boot, Okocha would then fake with his other foot to take the ball in the opposite direction but would instead step over the ball and carry on in the same way—often leaving the defender wrong-footed.
Cristiano Ronaldo is full of skills and tricks and is undoubtedly one of the greatest players to ever grace the game—his recent exploits in Portugal's astonishing win over Sweden, in which he scored a hat-trick, are proof of that. When facing a player from the opposition, the Real Madrid man often attacks him at pace, using the inside of either foot to move the ball inside the standing leg and at such an angle that it takes him in a different direction.
Whilst running at the opposition, "the Marseille roulette" is executed by using one foot to stand on the ball, spinning over it in order to shield it away from the opponent and then using the other foot to drag it away from him. Whilst Maradona was the man to introduce this to the world, this video shows Zinedine Zidane executing it in the best possible way. Though it's difficult to identify exactly who used this trick first, it is believed that the first "rabona" was performed by Ricardo Infante in a game between Estudiantes and Rosario in The term "rabona" came about because an Argentinean football magazine, El Grafico, displayed a picture of Infante performing the trick with the caption "Infante played hooky"—"rabona" in Spanish meaning to play hooky or to skip school.
One of the most cocky or most skillful ways of beating a goalkeeper from the penalty spot, "the Panenka" sees a player nonchalantly chip the ball down the centre of the goal whilst the goalkeeper dives either one way or the other.
Antonin Panenka stepped up with a chance to score the winning penalty for Czechoslovakia against Germany. Facing German custodian Sepp Maier, Panenka simply lofted the ball down the centre of the goal and past the keeper. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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