Penalty statue: the surreal execution that surprises the world of football but is not infallible

Esmiraldo Sá Silva, said jardel, was born in Bissau 24 years ago. After making Inferiors on Rio Ave, he sailed the Spanish ascent until in July 2021 he landed on the Feirense, of the Second Division of Portugal. all these data random It would not be useful to know them, yes, the striker who was called up in the youth teams of the Portuguese national team, he would not have gone around the world this Sunday with a surprising form of execution of the maximum penalty in football: the criminal statuewhich turned him into a hero and a villain in a matter of minutes.

As if it were a children’s game, on the Sunday when World Children’s Day is celebrated, Jardel perhaps remembered the song that the Brazilian Xuxa sang when she drove children crazy. crazy short.

At 20 ‘of the second half, penalty in favor Feirense gave him the opportunity to equalize Leixoesfor the third round of the Portugal League 2. Jardel has taken over. He hasn’t run a run, which has already attracted attention because he just put his left foot down. When the referee gave the order, in slow motion, he raised his right leg to standby for eight seconds, until he moved quickly and placed the ball against the left post, tricking the goalkeeper. opponent.

But sport almost always avenges. And in this case it went in the best way for Bernaudeu, the goalkeeper who had suffered that strange execution.

At 95 ‘the referee sanctions another penalty for Feirense and obviously Jardel took over. The 24-year-old striker used the same ritual, he chose the same dress, but Bernaudeu was quicker with his legs to fend off the balltraveling at grass level instead of halfway, as had been the first.

In sanctions, no form of execution is infallible. This became clear this Sunday when Jardel toured the world, but shortly thereafter he ended up being condemned by his own medicine.