5.05.2008

Made Me Laugh

I don't know anything about soccer other than it's played by little kids in front of parents who woke up at 6:00 a.m. so they could watch said youngsters. But in some country far, far away the game is played by adults for fun. Which gives rise to this clip. I think a penalty kick is involved (which we Americans would refer to as a "free shot.") But I didn't know you could kick the rebound if given the opportunity - an opportunity that is very inadvisable.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

During a game, a penalty kick is a "live ball" after the kick, so you can attempt to play it after a block. On the other hand, a "shoot-out" after a game is over, where they use penalty kicks to decide who wins, does not involve a "live" ball.

Anonymous said...

OMG my kids play soccer and this came into play this weekend at their last game. Not the guy hitting the pole the other part about the penalty kick and the ball being live. My sons team kicked it in and they had to stop the game to decide if it was a goal or not. It was. They had a shoot out and won! Yep proud mom that gets up to watch her kids play soccer every weekend(except this one which was at 12)

OH and btw adults play this game here in America too. Bridgeport has started an adult team and there are a few select teams in the area that play as well...