ANYONE THAT EVER witnessed the epic fail that was the Thierry Henry/Robert Pires penalty pass routine will remember it with a wry grin.
The Arsenal teammates brought some training ground schtick to Highbury and got it badly wrong. Pires feigned to shoot but, instead, tipped a pass to Henry. The striker overran the ball and Manchester City hacked the ball clear. Football egg on French faces.
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Stadl-Paura, from the Austrian fourth division, beat SK Altheim 5 — 1 this weekend but the game featured a clownish attempt to put right what the Arsenal lads got so, so wrong.
Austrian footballers recreate Pires/Henry penalty with similar, disastrous result
ANYONE THAT EVER witnessed the epic fail that was the Thierry Henry/Robert Pires penalty pass routine will remember it with a wry grin.
The Arsenal teammates brought some training ground schtick to Highbury and got it badly wrong. Pires feigned to shoot but, instead, tipped a pass to Henry. The striker overran the ball and Manchester City hacked the ball clear. Football egg on French faces.
Stadl-Paura, from the Austrian fourth division, beat SK Altheim 5 — 1 this weekend but the game featured a clownish attempt to put right what the Arsenal lads got so, so wrong.
YouTube credit: SportsVideosUnited [h/t Who Ate All The Pies]
Here is the original attempt to invert the penalty pyramid by Henry and Pires:
YouTube credit: grodon1
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