Friday, June 10, 2011

Goalie pays penalty when he celebrated too soon

The vital match between Termeno and Dro in the Italian seventh tier went to penalties.  The winner would play in higher leage and at that time, the score was at 4-4 in sudden death.

Termeno's Michael Palma stepped up to take the spot-kick which would keep his side in the contest — only to hit the bar.
Dro keeper Loris Angeli ran off to be congratulated by his team-mates but what happened next was a crazy luck.

The ball landed on the pitch after flying in the air, span back towards the goal and trickled over the line.
Angeli was left red faced as he walked back towards the goal with Palma overjoyed, just seconds after his despair from missing.

To compound the keeper's misery, his team-mate then missed the next penalty meaning Termeno were promoted.

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