Posted on 18th November 2011
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
We love it when a player’s celebration makes them look a bit of a daftie and, with that in mind, this week’s And Finally… takes a trip to Brazil. Wing-back Fabio Santos of Vitoria scores a pretty nifty header in his side’s 3-1 win over Criciuma and charges of to celebrate, hurdling the advertising hoardings, before coming to a hedge fit to grace the Grand National. We’ll let you guess what happens next.
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This week Argentinian defender Martin Mantovani scored three goals in La Liga: two in the right end and one in the wrong one as Huesca beat Leganés 2-1 on the final day. Incidentally, Mantovani made over 200 appearances for Leganés previously but his superhero antics weren’t enough to save Huesca from the drop.
Valencia beat Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final this week with a 2-1 win at Estadio Benito Villamarín. Arturo Vidal had a chance to get Barcelona back in the game in the 55th minute, after the usual sublime skill from Lionel Messi, but the Chilean’s wild slice sent the rebound into row Z.
Echoes of Jason Cundy at Portman Road in the nineties with this week’s And finally – a truly daft goal from Extremadura’s Carlos Pomares against Cadiz in La Liga II – a block tackle on the halfway sending the ball 50 yards over the Cadiz keeper.
Wendy Renard gives us the first entry into the And finally… archive from this summer’s Women’s World Cup in France. The French defender’s meek intervention sends the ball trickling over the line (skip to 51 seconds).
