Joonas Jokinen Reinvents The Penalty Kick; Adds Backflip

You know what we don’t see often enough in this sport? Players doing goal celebrations while the ball is in play. Namely, somersaults. We need more of those. Don’t worry, though. Joonas Jokinen of FC Baar, in Swiss football’s 12th(!) division, has also recognised that problem and decided to rectify it. Check out this penalty kick:

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↵Yep, that is Jokinen, who is a U-16 international for Finland blasting an unsaveable shot (good thing too - he’d have looked a bit silly had it not gone in) and in the same motion doing a back flip. I’m sure this isn’t the first time he’s pulled something like this - according to reports the youngster is always Jokinen around.