Spooky! Greek player's penalty save mirrors 2012 ad

Greek player had starred in television ad in 2012, which featured this penalty save.

Greece’s Theofanis Gekas left the pitch in tears last night after his penalty in the shoot-out against Costa Rica was saved.

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The Costa Rican goalkeeper has been lauded for his brilliant save to deny Gekas. But maybe he already knew where Gekas was most likely to hit the ball.

He certainly would have if he had seen this Vodafone ad from 2012.

In it Gekas and some teammates meet a boy out practicing his football. The young lad is a goalkeeper and Gekas takes a penalty against him.

Just like last night he aimed his strike high and to the keeper's right, and just like last night, the penalty was saved.