Posted on 18th April 2019
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
What do you do when you’re holding your own against the league leaders, 1-1 in the dying moments? According to Sutton United’s goalie, you do some keepy-ups in the box while two forwards close you down, concede a penalty and hand victory to your opponents.
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).
A textbook howler by San José Earthquakers ‘keeper Daniel Vega is this week’s entry for And finally… taking his eye of the ball at a crucial moment, and handing a 1-0 lead to their MLS opponents FC Dallas.
