Cagliari goalkeeper Michael Agazzi performed an extraordinary "scorpion flick" save in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Palermo.
Fabrizio Miccoli's long-range free-kick in the 27th minute bizarrely swerved in mid-air to change direction once over the defensive wall and seemed to wrong-foot the goalkeeper, who was stretched out on the ground.
However, Agazzi lifted his trailing foot for a scorpion flick to backheel the ball off the line.
"I was incredibly lucky!" Agazzi told Sky Italia.
"Would I be able to repeat it? Certainly, but I'd wreck my knee! I already snapped one cruciate ligament in my career.
"It really was an incredibly dangerous save to make."
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| Cagliari goalkeeper Michael Agazzi makes a miraculous save to prevent Fabrizio Miccoli from scoring Photo: YouTube |
Fabrizio Miccoli's long-range free-kick in the 27th minute bizarrely swerved in mid-air to change direction once over the defensive wall and seemed to wrong-foot the goalkeeper, who was stretched out on the ground.
However, Agazzi lifted his trailing foot for a scorpion flick to backheel the ball off the line.
"I was incredibly lucky!" Agazzi told Sky Italia.
"Would I be able to repeat it? Certainly, but I'd wreck my knee! I already snapped one cruciate ligament in my career.
"It really was an incredibly dangerous save to make."
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