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Watch Victor Valdes fail to save a penalty from… a dolphin

Still on their pre-season jaunt across the US, Barcelona visitied Miami Sequarium yesterday to test their skills against the centre’s array of finned mammals.

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AFTER SWIMMING AROUND for a bit in the company of the dolphins, Valdes, Xavi, Pedro, Busquets and David Villa assembled for a “penalty”-related photo-op by the side of the pool.

They say dolphins are intelligent, but I didn’t realise they had the smarts required to pull off a cheeky lob into the top-left corner.


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