How Miralem Pjanic practiced to score from own half against Manchester United

Ed Ran
Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Amos looks on as Pjanic scores a goal from his own half.

How on earth did AS Roma’s Miralem Pjanic score a stunning goal from inside his own half against Manchester United in a friendly match? How did he get the trajectory just right to beat and embarrass the Red Devils goalkeeper Ben Amos?

Simple. Practice!

Here’s a video which shows that Pjanic was indeed practicing this very shot a day before the game; albeit with a different ball. An American football!

The Bosnian international was at NFL team Denver Broncos’ training facilities and even scored with this kick!

Watch all goals here: Manchester United 3-2 AS Roma

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