Rabona
Rabona or colloquially “eagle eye” is a term from football and describes a shot, a flank or a pass that is executed by crossing the legs. The shooting leg moves behind the standing leg against the ball.
An advantage of this shooting technique can be that the technically stronger foot can be used when running across the flank, for example if the player is right-footed on the left side of the game and wants to flank in the middle. Another advantage can be the surprise effect. In addition, the ball is covered by the leg opposite the defending opponent. Due to its high technical requirements, especially when running at high speed, this shooting technique is rarely used and is more of a cabinet piece .
history
The term comes from the play on words of an Argentine sports newspaper: When Ricardo Infante scored such a goal for the Estudiantes de La Plata in September 1948 , El Gráfico magazine subtitled a cartoon about the trick, which unfortunately had not been photographed: “El Infante que se hizo la rabona “( The Infante who 'made a Rabona' ). 'Hacer la Rabona', actually: “to join an army as a sutler ”, had the meaning in the Argentinean lower-class jargon , the Lunfardo : to get away, to skip (school). The surname of the then still young player (Infante means 'toddler') and the club name (the Estudiantes are the 'pupils' or 'students') then became the play on words for someone who tried something cheeky and illegal.
The first player to use the Rabona in Europe - at that time still called "cross shot" (incrociata) - is the Italian Giovanni Roccotelli , who used the trick for Ascoli Calcio from 1976 and later scored such goals. On September 18, 2002, Juan Carlos Valerón ( Deportivo La Coruña ) outwitted FC Bayern Munich's defense with a Rabona pass , so that Roy Makaay could insert. Dave de Jong scored the DFB Cup game of VfL Osnabrück against SpVgg Greuther Fürth to 2 on August 21, 2005: 2 compensation by a Rabona gate. On October 23, 2014 Erik Lamela scored a Rabona goal for Tottenham Hotspur from 16 meters away in the Europa League game against Asteras Tripoli . Dennis Mast scored the goal of the month November 2014 with a Rabona in the game Arminia Bielefeld against SV Wehen Wiesbaden .
tango
In tango , Rabona is the name for a syncopated cross-step. The name was taken from football.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Especialistas en 'rabonas'. fifa.com, October 14, 2011, accessed April 2, 2017 (Spanish).
- ↑ From Ricardo Infante to Erik Lamela: The story of Rabona. goal.com, November 6, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ DSC Arminia Bielefeld: Dennis Mast - Goal of the Month November 2014. December 8, 2014, accessed on June 18, 2016 .
- ↑ tangoafficionado.com - Tango Vocabulary