Posted on 31st July 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
And Finally… heads east this week, to the J-League. Kashiwa Reysol goalkeeper, Kazushige Kirihata, is the victim of a nasty bounce following an suspect backpass from one of his defenders. We’re split here as to whose to blame – terrible backpass or did Kirihata misjudge it? Make up your own mind.
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.
