Lesson: how two footballers decided who would take the penalty kick (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

Many football players enjoy taking penalty kicks. That's why sometimes unusual methods have to be used to determine that one lucky person.

The solution was found by Marco Reus and Mike Hanke representing Borussia Mönchengladbach, who played a short game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" before the penalty kick in a match against Koln.

This is a simple, children's favorite game, often called "waxing" in Lithuanian folklore, and in German - "schnick-schnack-schnuck". The winner had the right to take the kick.

After the match, which Borussia won 3-0, Reus said: "We didn't want to make fun of anything. It was planned for Mike to take the kick, but he had already scored two goals, and I wanted to score too. That's why I suggested this method."

Reus and Henke solved the dilemma: