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Fans spot Szoboszlai’s bizarre penalty tactic… and can’t believe he NEVER misses

01 July 2023 , 13:09
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Fans spot Szoboszlai’s bizarre penalty tactic… and can’t believe he NEVER misses
Fans spot Szoboszlai’s bizarre penalty tactic… and can’t believe he NEVER misses

GOALKEEPERS know exactly where Dominik Szoboszlai is going to put his penalties... but they still can't stop them.

The RB Leipzig ace is on the verge of signing for Liverpool in a £60million deal.

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Dominik Szoboszlai always hit his penalties into the same cornerCredit: Rex
The Hungarian is always confident from the penalty spot
The Hungarian is always confident from the penalty spotCredit: EPA

At Anfield he will have to compete with the likes of Mo Salah to be on spot-kick duty.

But should he manage to grab responsibility, he has proven himself to be a reliable taker.

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Szoboszlai has scored 15 penalties in his career.

And as pointed out by The Tactical Times, he ALWAYS goes the same way.

Goalkeepers know that the Hungarian will place the ball down to their right.

But the 22-year-old backs his accuracy so much, that he always confidently strokes it home.

Posting a video featuring a number of Szoboszlai's penalties, The Tactical Times wrote: "Do you know how much you have to back your accuracy and striking to put every penalty in the same corner.

"The goalkeepers all knew where Szoboszlai was going but it made no difference."

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Szoboszlai has only failed to score from one penalty in his career.

That was his first Bundesliga penalty after joining RB Leipzig from RB Salzburg.

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With regular taker Emil Forsberg having come off, Szoboszlai was given the opportunity to show what he can do.

He placed the ball into his usual spot, only for Leverkusen stopper Lukas Hradecky to somehow save it.

He has since kept his cool, scoring spot kicks against England and Bayern Munich.

Commenting on Szoboszlai's tactic, one fan wrote: "Baffles me more players don’t take this approach, the run up even forces the keeper to hold his position until it’s too late!"

While a second gushed: "He strikes the ball so cleanly."

Another added: "He seems to have that ability to accelerate his last step/half step out of nowhere. Just enough to catch the keeper a fraction of a second off guard."

Szoboszlai confidently bagged a penalty against England
Szoboszlai confidently bagged a penalty against EnglandCredit: PA

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