Guardian Sport
UK · 3 hrs ago
The stutter-step penalty is widely reviled but it’s here to stay | Tom Dart
Brazil’s exit revived debate over the stutter-step penalty, a Brazilian innovation that remains one of football’s most daring and divisive techniques
Popularised by Pelé, botched by Bruno Guimarães. The stutter-step penalty is one of the most notable trends of this World Cup, but Guimarães’ sputtering spot-kick failure was crucial as Brazil were dumped out of the tournament by Norway on Sunday.
The midfielder’s stutter penalty was saved by Ørjan Nyland, who dived to his left to parry the weak ef
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