But while it's fantastic to try a cheeky trick when everything goes right - as Panenka, Andrea Pirlo or Johann Cruyff will testify - there's nothing quite so humiliating for a player as trying a trick that blows up in the perpetrator's faces.
And that's exactly what happened to St Gallen's Oscar Scarione and Pa Modou Jagne, who teamed up in a Swiss Super League match on Monday to try and pull the wool over the eyes of Grasshopper goalkeeper Roman Burki.
Quick reactions from the keeper!
may have to try this out in a game ;)