Luis Boa Morte will be remembered for plenty of positives in his lengthy football career, but penalty kicks might be recognised as his strongest suit.

The Portuguese star who has had stints with Arsenal, Southampton, Fulham, West Ham United and more recently with Larissa, Orlando Pirates and Chesterfield, made news this week with his outrageous penalty kick in a charity game for Luis Figo XI against Venezuelan Champions Deportivo Anzoategui...

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Boa Morte dummied a shot, which forced the goalkeeper to move to his right before striking the ball inside the opposite post. But the entertaining pk raised questions among many if it should have stood or not.

Since it was a charity match, the goal was allowed to stand without any investigation. But had it been a more serious match there is no question the referee would have taken a closer look at it.

FA Laws of football say nothing about that specific kind of kick other than the need to kick the ball forward. However, FIFA rules note that feinting to take a penalty kick to confuse opponents is permitted as part of football. Also, if in the opinion of the referee the feinting is considered an act of unsporting behaviour the player shall be cautioned.

Either way I think that creativity should be an added aspect of penalty kicks as long as you do not touch the ball and advance it forward. Even in the Fifa video game by Electronic Arts, Inc, in the penalty kicks feature you are allowed to dummy the goalkeeper as long as you advance the ball towards the net.

This added dimension demonstrated by Boa Morte keeps the goalkeeper guessing and the game more interesting.