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Top five penalty techniques

THE TWO-STEP

Original Euro master? Kim Christofte sent Denmark wild when his "minimalist" spot-kick put his country through to the Euro 92 final.

How is it done? Plonk the ball on the spot. Take two steps back, then two forward, and fire it towards the corner of the goal.

The magic ingredient here is the element of surprise - it's very hard for a goalkeeper to guess what you're going to do when he has a split-second to read your mind.

Arch exponent? Beppe Signori.



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