Tired of pretending to mend pretend injuries in the pursuit of ill-gotten timeouts and yellow cards, the trainer for Brazil’s Coxim Atlético Clube decided he finally wanted to contribute to his team’s success in a more conscionable way. With Coxim up 1-0, the trainer—while pacing the sidelines with bags of prop medical gear—decided to suddenly jump onto the field (at about the 30-second mark in the video) and defuse a potential scoring play from Ponta Pora.
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In case you missed it…
…here’s the video of U.S. Olympic soccer player Alex Morgan kneeing the New Zealand goalkeeper in the face in last week’s match. Grab the bag of frozen peas, baby!!
Epic Fail.
Deivid de Souza adds to his lowlight reel:
Spanish Goalkeeper Allows Four Goals In Six Minutes, Saves Best Fail For Last.
Enaut Zubikarai, the goalkeeper for Real Sociedad, had a very evening earlier this month. Playing in the Copa del Rey’s round of 16, Zubikarai allowed Mallorca to score six goals in the first 60 minutes, and Real Sociedad lost, 6-1. This particular moment of utter failure was Mallorca’s fourth goal in a six-minute stretch.
Soccer Ref Takes A Dive.
Referee Rodrigo Nunes de Sá issued a player a red card in a recent Serie D match in Brazil. The player then came at Nunes de Sá, and Nunes de Sá was not just going to stand there and take it. So he didn’t.
Ouch: Own Goal Off Defender's Head.
A memorable moment from last weekend’s Oklahoma Baptist-MidAmerica Nazarene match.
Keeper Fail.
A goalie who forgot to keep his head in the game.
Goal celebration gone bad: player breaks teammate's nose.
In a match against Sun Hei in the Hong Kong FA Cup late last month, a South China player tried to share a goal celebration with his teammate, and instead broke his nose.
Worst pass-back ever.
Swansea’s Ashley Williams wishes he could have this pass-back back.