{"id":393903,"date":"2017-06-02T17:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/02\/starlets-player-earns-standing-ovation-with-rude-pirlo-like-penalty-kick\/"},"modified":"2017-06-02T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T17:24:16","slug":"starlets-player-earns-standing-ovation-with-rude-pirlo-like-penalty-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/02\/starlets-player-earns-standing-ovation-with-rude-pirlo-like-penalty-kick\/","title":{"rendered":"Starlets player earns standing ovation with rude Pirlo-like penalty kick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Black Starlets have qualified for the finals of the African U-17 tournament ongoing in Gabon courtesy a nail biting penalty victory over Niger.<\/p>\n

While the victory is sweet,\u00a0the audacious penalty kick from a youngster too young for a technique like that will still linger in the minds of many for a while.<\/p>\n

Ghana’s Mohammed Idris in a clever little chip toyed with the goal keeper, sent him on a fishing expedition at one end of the goal and dangled the ball annoyingly over his head and into the empty net.<\/p>\n

It is a technique Antoine Paneka did in 1976 but only the gods of football have since dared to execute. And they did it with panache.<\/p>\n

Zinedine Zidane, did it\u00a0at the 2006 World Cup final against Italy and got the world stunned.<\/p>\n

Watch!<\/p>\n