Jose de Sousa produced one in every of darts’ most unbelievable moments throughout the 2021 Premier League.
The Portuguese confirmed his class with a ridiculous checkout that left Wayne Mardle speechless and the group going wild.
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De Sousa had been dealing with Nathan Aspinall on night time 16, the ultimate night time of the league section 4 years in the past.
Each gamers had already booked their place within the play-offs after they met on the Marshall Area in Milton Keynes.
Nonetheless, De Sousa was nonetheless capable of produce a surprising efficiency as he averaged 103.25 on his option to an 8-3 victory.
The win started in distinctive trend as he broke Aspinall’s throw within the opening leg.
As his opponent waited on 56, De Sousa pinned three double 20s to checkout 120.
The standard path to 120 is treble 20, single 20, double 20 – however with nothing on the road – De Sousa opted for a little bit of showmanship.
Aspinall couldn’t assist however smile and applaud the feat as the group erupted behind them.
In the meantime, Mardle misplaced all composure on commentary, even shedding his voice within the course of.
As De Sousa hit the primary of his three double 20s, Mardle exclaimed: “He’s not?! He’s not?! Oh he’s not! Oh cease it! Oh! Oh! Cease it! Cease it proper now! That’s… I’ve gone, I’ve gone, I’ve gone!”
The previous PDC World Darts Championship semi-finalist’s voice could possibly be heard cracking as he struggled to do the checkout justice.
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His co-commentator then added: “That’s ridiculous. Jose de Sousa leaves Wayne Mardle misplaced for phrases.”
The Particular One would observe up his heroics by beating Aspinall once more within the semi-finals on play-off night time the next day.
De Sousa finally misplaced the ultimate 11-5 to Jonny Clayton as he ended his solely Premier League marketing campaign as runner-up.
His look within the match adopted victory within the Grand Slam of Darts the earlier yr and a run to seventh on the planet by the top of 2021.
The 51-year-old additionally hit a nine-darter on night time 4 of the Premier League, which additionally got here towards the Asp.
Nonetheless, De Sousa has since slipped to forty fifth within the PDC Order of Advantage.
In consequence, he has solely obtained a bye to the third spherical of this weekend’s UK Open at Butlins Minehead.
De Sousa will tackle one in every of Jimmy van Schie, Adam Paxton, Simon Stevenson or Jules van Dongen in his opening match on Friday.