You don’t see many players chip the keeper these days but that might be about to change for one player at least.

French soccer player, Maxime Soulas could be kept busy practising his chipping after his recent man of the match performance for Danish Superliga club Sønderjyske.

Scorer of the first goal in last week’s 3-2 win over FC Nordsjælland, the defender was presented with a wheelbarrow with 55kg of freshly dug potatoes as his award. That should allow him spend more time in the training drills than the potato drills I suppose. The Dealer was wondering if awards like this could catch on in Irish sport.

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