Last Updated: February 28, 2023, 07:47 IST
Marcin Oleksy’s Puskas award-winnign aim (AP and Twitter)
Polish amputee participant Marcin Oleksy took the Puskas Award for finest aim beating out the likes of Dimitri Payet and Richarlison
Amputee soccer star Marcin Oleksy gained the 2022 FIFA Puskas Award for his astonishing scissor-kick aim.
The accolade recognises the yr’s most spectacular strike throughout males’s and girls’s soccer, with Oleksy becoming a member of the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the Puskas Award roll of honour.
The Polish ace mixed distinctive athleticism, creativeness and method to attain with a jaw-dropping acrobatic effort in a recreation for Warta Poznan final November.
The Puskas Award winner was voted for by followers throughout world and professional panelists. Oleksy’s strike got here out on prime within the voting forward of gorgeous targets from finalists Dimitri Payet and Richarlison.
“My team-mate Dawid [Novak] played the pass. When I saw him approaching the ball, I knew it was coming to me. I connected really cleanly. It was pure. When I hit it, I was following the ball all the way with my eyes and I saw it go into the corner of the net. I always wanted to score a beautiful goal. You could see how proud it made me after I scored. I stood up tall, I put my chest out. I was just so, so happy.”
WATCH THE GOAL HERE:
2⃣0⃣2⃣2⃣ ⚽CO ZA STRZAŁ CO ZA BOMBA Trafienie Marcina Oleksego z ostatniego turnieju możemy oglądać godzinami ❗
To jest właśnie PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa pic.twitter.com/P65gUCeoJT
— Amp Futbol Polska (@AmpFutbolPolska) November 7, 2022
In the midst of the Puskas Award public vote, Oleksy’s countryman Robert Lewandowski – two-time winner of The FIFA Best Men’s Player award – posted a message of help for him on social media.
“It was so nice to be mentioned by Robert,” Oleksy says. “I am very proud. In Poland, many people love Robert and look up to him. He has been an ambassador for Polish amputee football for a couple of years. He’s supported our football for a long time.”
Oleksy is hopeful the publicity amputee soccer has gained from his Puskas Award nomination – and subsequent triumph – can elevate the game to new heights.
“I hope the world can see we are doing what we love to do,” Oleksy stated. “I am so happy for the sport. I feel that it was not just me who scored the goal, but the whole amputee football family scored the goal together.”
(With inputs from Agencies)
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