Posted on 13th April 2018
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
It’s the 87th minute of the Copa MX final. It’s 0-0. The ball comes over the top, you, Santiago Garcia, just have to smash it into Row Z. Whatever you do, don’t lob your own keeper and win it for the opposition.
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Fair to say Elfsborg defender Robert Gojani had an absolutely mare this week – scoring an own goal and getting sent off before their Allsvenskan match against Häcken was 20 minutes old. His hilarious no-look effort sent Elfsborg on their way to a 5-0 hammering. Oh dear.
Sporting Lisbon rounded off a rotten week Sunday gone by losing 2-1 in the final of the Portuguese Cup. Dutch striker Bas Bost could have got his side back in the game in the 79th minute if he had of finished with the goal at his mercy…
Estonian Super Liga side Tammeka provide us with this week’s And finally… hilarity via Andre Paju’s own goal. A true classic of the genre: long ball, panicked defending, bodged recovery. This one has a lot going for it.
Teams around the world are gearing up for the World Cup which kicks off in just five days time. Chile striker Ángelo Henríquez will be glad he got this howler out of the way in a warm-up game against Serbia rather than, say, in a World Cup final…
