VIDEO; Kai Havertz misses all 14 of his shots in MLS All-Star Skills cross-and-volley challenge, becomes first player to ever score zero

Okeke George Chijioke
Jul 19, 2023
VIDEO; Kai Havertz misses all 14 of his shots in MLS All-Star Skills cross-and-volley challenge, becomes first player to ever score zero


Kai Havertz has gone viral following his performance for Arsenal in the latest MLS All-Stars Skills Challenge.

Ten members of Arsenal’s squad, including summer signing Havertz, took part in a series of challenges against their MLS counterparts ahead of Wednesday night’s match.

A sell-out crowd witnessed the players go head-to-head at the Audi Field in Washington. While it was ultimately just a bit of fun, there was still a competitive edge to it.

Arsenal’s players won the competition after scoring more points over the course of the Shooting Challenge, Touch Challenge, Cross and Volley Challenge, Passing Challenge, and Crossbar Challenge.

But Havertz, who joined Mikel Arteta’s side in a £65 million move from Chelsea last month, has seen his performance go viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
The Germany international had a nightmare in the Cross and Volley challenge, failing to score a single one of his 14 attempts at goal.

Havertz hit the woodwork on a couple of occasions and forced the couple to make one or two saves, but it’s safe to say the crowd - and fans watching online - were expecting to see a lot more quality from the 24-year-old playmaker.

In contrast, Folarin Balogun was next up and scored three goals in the challenge, while D.C United striker Christian Benteke also bagged himself a couple of goals for the MLS All-Stars.

Video: Havertz in the Cross and Volley challenge

 Arsenal fans will be praying that Havertz is more clinical in front of goal when the real action gets underway in a few weeks’ time.

Havertz also participated in the Touch Challenge, which presumably would have been right up his street considering his technical qualities.

Legendary Germany midfielder Lothar Matthaus once compared Havertz to the great Zinedine Zidane on account of his “skills, technique and overview, and anticipating a situation”.

But it’s fair to assume that Zizou would have made lighter work of the following Touch Challenge.

While Havertz scored 86 points, more than any other player who took part in this particular challenge, his overall performance still raised plenty of eyebrows.

Watch Havertz in the Touch Challenge here:

Okeke George Chijioke

Okeke George Chijioke

When you don't see Okeke George blogging, he sure will engage him self in sporting activities.

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