Blue Army sees red over Yann Kermorgant's spot-kick clanger in semi-final play-off
It has been called the £90m penalty miss that cost Leicester City a place at Wembley and possibly the Premier League.
Yann Kermorgant's fluffed spot-kick was the major talking point after the Foxes' heartbreak in Cardiff on Wednesday night.
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Yann Kermorgant chips the ball towards goal during the ill-fated penalty shoot-out
The French striker's attempt to chip the Cardiff keeper became the most talked-about subject on website Twitter in the UK.
But he scored a similar penalty for Reims in a French league match against Chateauroix, which fans can watch on website youtube.
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Professor Tim Cable, who has researched the art of taking a successful spot-kick, gave his verdict on Wednesday's infamous penalty.
He said: "He's tried to deceive the keeper rather than back his own ability by going for a corner.
"I heard the Cardiff manager, Dave Jones talking after the match, saying they had been reviewing penalties taken by the Leicester players.
"When this guy came up to take his I imagine the keeper has not dived at full pelt in the expectation he may dink it. It's good homework."
In his research, Prof Cable, director of sport and exercise sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, drew up a formula for an unstoppable penalty – it must cross the goal line at exactly 0.5m below the crossbar and 0.5m inside the post, travelling at more than 65mph.
Muzzy Izzet was City's penalty taker during his time at the club.
He said: "I used to pick my corner before the game started in case we got one and I would never change my mind.
"Even though I only missed one or two I was always nervous because you know there's a lot riding on it.
"I've got a lot of sympathy for the lads who missed on Wednesday. I was watching and felt really nervous for them because I know exactly what they were going through.
"It's not always about who takes the best penalty. Sometimes it's just about who holds their nerve. It's never nice to miss and if you do, people always remember."
City fans were quick to point the finger at Kermorgant.
Cliff Ginnetta, chairman of the official supporters club, said: "He's got to do something now to win over the fans as he's never been that popular.
"We were very disappointed with his penalty as it also put extra pressure on Martyn Waghorn.
"Some fans were telling me he should never wear a blue shirt again but we'll trust whatever manager Nigel Pearson decides to do."
Hundreds of Twitter members vented their frustration towards Kermorgant.
Among them was safe_as houses, who tweeted: "What was Yann Kermorgant thinking when he tried to chip Cardiff's keeper in the shoot- out? Idiot."
Mantankerous wrote: "Worst penalty ever by Kermorgant in Cardiff v Leicester penalty shoot-out."
You can see a Kermorgant's penalty success on YouTube
Listen to 'tribute' song to Yann Kermorgant (Warning: Includes some rude words!)
Comments
by Tony, Canada
Friday, May 14 2010, 4:55PM
“The bitterness at City not being at Wembley should be directed at the Football League for not applying the away goals rule in the playoffs. The only reason they scrapped it is because they were using the same idiotic interpretation as they use in the League Cup, where away goals counts after extra time, and they decided that the team with the lower league placing shouldn't be given the advantage of an extra 30 minutes to score away goals. The notion of not actually moving further out of step with the game in the rest of the world, but actually coming into line with it by applying away goals at the end of 90 minutes in the second leg, never applied to them. If this tie had taken place under ANY other governing body, Leicester would have won.”
by Steve, London
Friday, May 14 2010, 4:44PM
“I think it's pretty bad form for you to publish a link to a song ripping into the poor guy. Yes he made a mistake, and yes we're all devastated by going out but to vilify the guy is out of order. Do you not think the fact that not one of his team mates could look him in the eye right as they trudged off the pitch was clear enough a message? I was there and the one thing I don't want this incident to do is destroy the clear team spirit that this squad has as we move on and try again next season.”
by RAJESH, EVINGTON
Friday, May 14 2010, 2:35PM
“Time to forget it now....He could end up being our top scorer next season!!!..Though i doubt it somehow!!”
by Ryan, Thorpe Astley
Friday, May 14 2010, 2:33PM
“I hope we see Yann in a Leicester shirt again next season. He missed a penalty. He's scored them in games before, he's scored them a thousand times in training before, and he'll score them again. On Wednesday it just wasn't meant to be.
If he is here next season, I'll be backing him and the team.”
by Tony, Gutted in Fla
Friday, May 14 2010, 12:34PM
“The penalty shoot-out is a pure lottery to deide any competition & has no bareing on who is the better side....another game, or even sudden death would be a far fairer way to decide the victor......and yes, I'd still have this opionion had we have won!!”
by Bob, Leicester
Friday, May 14 2010, 12:19PM
“Is it me of is the Prof's description of the perfect unstoppable penalty a perfect description of Martyn Waghorn's, which was saved?
There's any number of things you can blame, not just Yann. And if we hadn't had the lucky break of the own goal, we might not have been taking penalties anyway.”
by Al, Leicester
Friday, May 14 2010, 10:24AM
“Why not have a pop at Alex Bruce for giving away a needles penalty, the linesman for not flagging Chopra when he was clearly offside, Pearson for playing the wrong formation in the first leg, Fryatt for mising his one on one. The list goes on. Get off Yans back its getting boring now.”