Kaizero Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/8807866/Serie-A-team-scores-after-dropping-shorts ROME (AP) - Serie A side Catania has come up with a creative way to score from a free kick: block the goalkeeper's vision by having players drop their shorts down in a wall. Better to be lucky than good. Better to pull your shorts down than be lucky. That's how the saying goes, right? (Francesco Pecoraro / Associated Press) The Sicilian team carried out the maneuver to perfection when Giuseppe Mascara scored in Sunday's 3-2 win over Torino. Three Catania players dropped their shorts down near their knees so Torino goalkeeper Matteo Sereni couldn't see Mascara's kick. "This is a strategy that (Catania coach Walter) Zenga tries continually in training," the club's chief executive Pietro Lo Monaco told RAI state radio Monday. Former referees coordinator Paolo Casarin called the move "unsportsmanlike and in bad taste. "It's a trick that should not be tolerated anymore by the referees," Casarin said. Lo Monaco responded, "A trick? I wouldn't say so. It's up to the referee to decide if it should be penalized, otherwise I don't see where the problem is....Good taste is relative." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Wouldn't it be simpler for them to just order longer shorts or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 <Snip> Still not sure if they were trying to hide the kick, so the keeper couldn't see the strike of the ball past their legs. Or was it just a distraction to the Keeper. I'm sure the referee had no idea what was going on, didn;t see anything going on with their shorts and had no reason to rule the goal off. I expect a FIFA ruling on this very soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Naughty-naughty, no footy clips Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timmy boy Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Barca scored a cracking free kick on the weekend. Alves ran as if he was going to shoot layed it off to Messi who peeled off the wall, in acres of space he turned and rifled it home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jawesome Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Faggots. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Naughty-naughty, no footy clips Sorry....thought that was EPL only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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