Imitation may well be the sincerest method of flattery, but it surely does now not all the time agreement luck. That’s the lesson Mauro Icardi and Kerem Akturkoglu most likely realized on Tuesday when the 2 attempted however failed to duplicate a well-known progress pulled off by way of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. Again in 2016 when the 2 performed for FC Barcelona, Messi stepped as much as tug a penalty towards Celta Vigo and in lieu of taking the crash himself, he in short dribbled the ball ahead of passing it over to Suarez, who was once the sudden goalscorer.

Seven years upcoming, Galatasaray’s Akturkoglu and Icardi attempted the reflect the progress. The previous stood at the ball ahead of the referee blew the whistle and prefer Messi, briefly despatched the ball Icardi’s approach. Icardi dashed into the penalty branch however simply as unexpectedly despatched the ball huge of the online and threw his head into his fingers. Have a look:

The pass over didn’t end up to be too expensive for Galatasary, regardless that. The crew nonetheless picked up a 1-0 win over Istanbulspor, and Icardi was once in a position to rebound from the error by way of scoring a couple of mins upcoming. However it’s a pass over he most likely gained’t disregard, however a minimum of he were given the shot off. The similar can’t be stated for Arsenal legend Robert Pires, who attempted to drag off one thing homogeneous with Thierry Henry however didn’t kill the straightforward cross in a memorable blunder.