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Loco Abreu pulled off a Zidane chip penalty to win title
By Brooks Peck
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Before getting sent off for trying to stick his head inside Marco Materazzi's chest in the 2006 World Cup final, Zidane daringly chipped a penalty kick off the crossbar (a nearly flubbed attempt at a Panenka) for the first goal of the game. In Sunday's Rio state championship between Botafogo and Flamengo in Brazil, Sebastian "Loco" Abreu, himself usually an expert at the Panenka, pulled off a near identical penalty kick off the bar (1:05 into the video above) in the 73rd minute to give Botafogo what would be the winning goal in the 2-1 match to decide the Carioca title. A gutsy choice, and one that would have surely resulted in unspeakable doom at the hands of Botafogo fans had he missed. Funny, you'd expect something a bit more practical from a guy named "Loco."
Zidane's World Cup chip right down here for comparision...
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