Are you familiar with the "scorpion kick"? You may not know the term itself but you will certainly remember the outrageous save made by former Colombia international goalkeeper Rene Higuita, who kept out a Jamie Redknapp cross-shot during a friendly with England at Wembley in September 1995 with a "scorpion kick". Flinging himself forwards and flicking his legs up over his head behind him, Higuita cleared the ball with his heels.
The technique can also be used at the opposite end of the pitch, and a few players have already scored goals with it. One particularly eye-catching effort was recently achieved by Simon Skrabb, whose version was at least as spectacular as Higuita"s save and justifiably earned him a FIFA Puskás Award nomination for the best goal of the year.
It happened on 31 October 2015 and Gefle IF were at home against already-relegated Atvidabergs FF on the final matchday of the Swedish first division season. Skrabb, who was 20 at the time, was pl..
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