“He had said something about it in his podcast”: Daan Heymans missed his penalty by 90 Minutes?

Did Daan Heymans run his mouth in 90 Minutes? Charleroi’s top scorer missed his penalty against OHL, because goalkeeper Tobe Leysen simply remained standing. Something that the goalkeeper had learned by listening to the Sporza podcast. “I thought: I’ll take a chance.”

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A goalkeeper rarely stands still during a penalty kick. Daan Heymans had already revealed his golden penalty trick in the Sporza podcast 90 Minutes and showed that it worked against STVV in August.

Charleroi’s top scorer also tried to kick his penalty through the middle against OH Leuven, but now it turned out wrong. No equalizer for the visitors, but a 1-0 defeat.

No coincidence, because Tobe Leysen had also listened to 90 Minutes. “Heymans had said something about it in his podcast,” said the goalkeeper. “A goalkeeper rarely stands still, but I thought: I’ll take a chance.”

“The pressure was on me and that is why Heymans must have thought that I would choose a corner. It feels good to take that penalty, because it gives three points.”

I thought that the goalkeeper was not going to take the risk of staying standing at 1-0.

Daan Heymans

Heymans was extremely disappointed after his penalty miss. “I miss that penalty at a very important moment. If we make it 1-1 there, the red card will not come afterwards and you still have 20 minutes in a completely different way.”

“I take responsibility for that and I must also apologize. I thought the goalkeeper was not going to take the risk to stay standing at 1-0, but he did it anyway and took it well.”