Posted on 2nd March 2018
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
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.
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That’s enough football now, thank you Australia. That’s enough. Fold the league.pic.twitter.com/vqZkME1sVy
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) March 2, 2018
Lille’s Nicolas Pepe is our latest entrant into the dodgey penalty section of the And finally… archive seen her dragging his shot meekly wide against Amiens. The penalty looked a bit iffy, with hints of a dive, so maybe it was for the best.
To Denmark for this week’s And finally… where Odense Boldklub hosted Helsingborg in a friendly. Anders Randrup brought the occasion to life with this truly remarkable own goal, beating his own keeper from 30-plus yards…
To Serie B for this week’s And finally… where Salernitana goalie Alessandro Micai scored a bizarre own goal while attempting an eye-catching diving-punch. Michai’s tom foolery cost the Salerno side dearly as Benevento took all three points.
Seeing a penalty ballooned into the stands is a simple pleasure and the subject of this week’s And finally… Bristol Rovers forward Jonson Clarke-Harris provides the laughs with what he described as “one really bad penalty”. He scored the other, mind.
