A unique penalty shoot out was held on 22nd March in London to promote the new boot shoot app for the iPhone from Hyundai. Taking part in the shoot out where the football legends John Barnes and Ian Rush.
Carly Cole, the fitness instructor and WAG acted as referee for the event, which had the ex Wales and England players going head to head before the two nations competed against each other in a European qualifier game on the 26th March. The two players hadn’t been on the same pitch since the FA Cup Final in 1996.
Barnes and Rush competed in a live recreation of the new app, trying to score as many goals as they could. There were no goal nets however, the target was the boot of a Hyundai i20. They were fiercely competitive, and took shots from distance of 20 and 10 yards.
The new Hyundai Boot Shoot app, which features the very latest technology to give a realistic 3D in-stadium feel, allows players to score points by flicking footballs into the open boot of a Hyundai ix35. As the game advances, additional points can be scored by targeting shots at the body work and windows of ix35’s speeding around on the on-screen pitch.
Available to download for free from Apple iTunes from Saturday 26th March, the app will provide users with details of the Hyundai range as well as allowing them to arrange a test drive through their nearest dealership.
Watch the video from the event
Football commentator John Barnes knows where his priorities belong. While telecasting events at the eagerly awaited Premiership match between Chelsea and Liverpool, he decided to wait out the game, rather than rush to the side of his wife, as she gave birth to his seventh child, Alexander.