Posted on 10th June 2016
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Greece, the much-loved winners of Euro 2004, unfortunately didn’t make it to France. But they did beat Australia 2-1 this week, thanks in part to this fantastic 60-yard plus strike from Giannis Maniatis
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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.
This week we present what was perhaps our favourite own goal of last season. From the Bundesliga in April, have a look at Dresden’s Aias Aosman knee the ball into his own net with stylish elan from 18 yards out…
Rheindorf Altach can claim an And finally… first by featuring twice in space of three weeks. Last time out it was Stefan Nutz scoring directly from a corner and this week it’s Moumi Ngamaleu scoring from inside his own half. Triffic.
This isn’t the worst penalty ever, but we’re not sure it could have gone any worse, if that makes sense. Disappointment, embarrassment, dejection, and finally, pain. In roughly that order.
