Posted on 7th July 2017
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Many have tried scoring from directly from a corner kick over the years, and few have suceeded. Hat tip then to Stefan Nutz of Austrian side Rheindorf Altach for this fantastic effort in their Europa League qualifier this week.
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The A-League’s Melbourne derby provides us with a classic of the open-goal-miss genre this week. James Troisi somehow failed to pass the ball into an empty net on the break. Sadly, it mattered not as his team won seconds later.
This is some recovery from Argentinian goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín in the CONCACAF Champions League this week. Lobbed from distance, being caught off his line, but he doesn’t give up. Amazing recovery.
Al Gharafa’s Medhi Taremi provides us with another high quality entry into the And finally… library of hilarious misses this week. Latching onto a through ball, Taremi gets passed a lunging goalkeeper only to feebly miss in the end. At least he tried.
Tough times for And finally… this week with the international break. Thankfully, a poor young Brentford under-23 player has stepped in to save us from a severe content drought. Let’s hope the rookie defender learns from this horrorshow.
