What is the balliest way to take a penalty?
Straight down the middle? A Penenka?
Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz has displayed another entry on that list: the one-step run-up.
Aduriz gave his side the lead by breaking the deadlock in their La Liga clash will Real Valladolid on Saturday. The 37-year-old veteran did not mess about, simply taking one step behind him, before slotting the ball past Valladolid keeper Jordi Masip, and into the right-hand corner
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How about this penalty from Aritz Aduriz?!
A one-step run up was all he needed to put Athletic Bilbao in front… 😎 pic.twitter.com/TrhDZo3UEu
— ELEVEN Football (@ElevenSportsFB) December 22, 2018
On social media, the penalty has been compared to something you’d do down your local 5-a-side pitches.
Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz taking a Power League penalty. Takes some balls when you are fighting relegation https://t.co/0WsRECiigh
— Richard Martin (@RichMartinMcr) December 22, 2018
It was the second penalty Aurizhas scored since new manager Gaizka Garitano took over at the start of December.
Things did not end well for his team though – Oscar Plano equalised for Valladolid in the 92nd minuted, and the game finished 1-1.
