Finnish teenager scores amazing backflip penalty
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Finnish teenager Joonas Jokinen has sent the Internet flipping mad after somehow scoring a penalty while performing a backflip at the same time.
Jokinen was playing for Swiss side FC Baar against local rivals FC Sempach when he took it upon himself to produce a breathtaking piece of showboating.
Lucky for him, the keeper didn't save it.
Jokinen is not the first youngster to pioneer a new penalty taking technique.
Spanish U-19 player Ezequiel Calvente pulled off one of the most inventive penalties ever in a European Championship match against Italy last year.
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Jokinen was playing for Swiss side FC Baar against local rivals FC Sempach when he took it upon himself to produce a breathtaking piece of showboating.
With the score still locked at 0-0, the forward blasted a penalty and in the same movement flipping into a midair sommersault before the ball had even hit the back of the net.
Lucky for him, the keeper didn't save it.
Jokinen is not the first youngster to pioneer a new penalty taking technique.
Spanish U-19 player Ezequiel Calvente pulled off one of the most inventive penalties ever in a European Championship match against Italy last year.
Also see:
