The Australian team sealed its qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup under the influence of “Grey Wiggle”, the curious ‘dance’ performed by goalkeeper Andrew
Redmayne in the penalty shootout of the playoff against Peru.
The jumps and almost bizarre movements of the Sydney FC goalkeeper made him so viral as Australia’s new hero. And it all happened unexpectedly. This is not the first time it has happened but it is unusual.
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Graham Arnold, manager of the Socceroos, decided to replace Mathew Ryan in the final stages and send Redmayne to the field for the penalty shootout.
With his air of ‘hipster’, the goalkeeper born on January 13, 1989 in Gosford, He repeated his usual routine in the penalty shootout by trying to distract the Peruvian shooters with leg and arm movements that surpassed the ‘tactics’ used throughout history by goalkeepers such as Bruce Grobbelaar and Jerzy Dudek. Australia, which started the shootout, started with failure.
The case of Martinez
But it’s one more trick goalkeepers use to intimidate takers in a penalty shootout. It is not the first, there are already other cases in history.
For example, that of the Argentine Dibu Martínez, who works psychologically on his rivals in a definitive instance like that.
In 2021, one of the most unforgettable matches against Argentina was played for Colombia, the night in which the figure was Emiliano Martínez, the Argentine goalkeeper who stopped the penalties of Dávinson Sánchez, Yerry Mina and Edwin Cardona.
“I’m going to eat you. I’m sorry but I eat you brother” and “You’re nervous. Yes, yes, play dumb, I already know you. You like faranduleo (…) look, I like you as a brother” were some of the offensive words that the Argentine said to the Colombian collectors.
In an interview for Prime Video, the current Aston Villa goalkeeper confessed that it was a tough time because of all the hate he received on his social networks and the weight of being one of the competition figures.
“Social networks exploited me after that, but the first thing I did was call my psychologist to calm down, because I went from having 700 thousand followers to 2.4 million in one day”, were the words of the Argentine.
Goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne… Came off the bench for Australia in the final minute of extra time just for penalty shoot-out… He did this dance on the line every time… And for the critical penalty kick it worked! pic.twitter.com/hUb2g9Mevd
— Simon Sandiford (@SimonUpNorth) June 13, 2022
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