Posted on 14th September 2011
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Quite a number of And Finally… mistakes are made by players under pressure. A defender harried and hassled by an opposition striker hammering the ball into his own net being the classic example. However, on this occasion we see an absolute howler by a keeper under less pressure than a punctured tyre.
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The last time Josef Martinez’s buffoonery featured in And finally… we said: “Hopefully the Venezuelan has learned a valuable lesson about show boating.” Alas, it would appear that he has not, missing yet another penalty with the very same clownish routine.
Here it is again, in all its glory. One of the highlights of the 2018 World Cup, Michy Batshuayi belting the ball off the post into his own face. He was a good sport about it afterwards mind.
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