Argentine goalkeeper Leandro Requena’s formidable try and provoke a counterattack paid his facet wealthy dividends because the CD Cobresal star ended up netting a surprising 101-meter aim. The Argentine goalkeeper scored an insane long-range aim throughout CD Cobresal’s match in opposition to Colo-Colo within the Chilean Primera Division earlier this month. Requena, who netted the third aim for his facet from a aim kick, is all set the create a Guinness World Record for the longest-range aim within the historical past of the attractive sport.
Requena took a routine aim kick when his facet was already having fun with a wholesome 2-0 lead over Colo-Colo within the 77th minute. Leaving your entire soccer fraternity in disbelief, the Argentine super-stopper bought on the scoresheet by his aim kick. Requena’s outrageous aim kick outsmarted Colo-Colo goalkeeper Brayan Cortes, who was stationed outdoors his penalty space. Leaving the goalkeeper dumbfounded, the ball took a depraved bounce over his head and the Colo-Colo goalkeeper was unsuccessful in sparing his blushes.
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According to TNT Sports Chile, the gorgeous aim was netted from an estimated distance of 101 meters. If the strike receives formal approval from Guinness World Records, then Requena will break the world file for the longest-range aim within the historical past of soccer. “I asked Juan Silva, the club’s manager, if the request for the record application was really going to be made and he told me ‘obviously yes,’” Requena instructed Radio Bio Bio. “So now we are waiting for what is needed to verify what the distance really was. [Silva] did tell me that the ANFP [Chilean Football Federation] called him to check the measurements of the field,” he added.
It needs to be famous that in line with the worldwide governing physique of affiliation soccer (FIFA), the scale of an expert soccer pitch needs to be 105 meters by 68 meters. “If so, since the area is five meters, it would be logically over 100,” Requena added. According to a number of experiences, it has been realized that Guinness World Records are but to obtain an software for Requena’s surprise strike. Tom King, the present world file holder, had netted the aim from a distance of 96.01 meters throughout England’s fourth-tier sport between Newport County and Cheltenham Town.
