Moisés Caicedo’s numbers leave a mark on the Premier League.
While the league format is new, the tradition of simultaneous Thursday matches in the Europa League continues on the Old Continent. On this occasion, an incredible miss took place during Midtjylland’s visit to Steaua Bucharest.
The Romanian team took the lead on the scoreboard thanks to a goal from Florin Tănase. Determined to turn things around, the Danes suffered a major blow at the start of the second half. This could go down as the worst kickoff in history.
A Midtjylland player initiated the action by making a back pass. The strategy was clear: the visiting players positioned themselves in midfield and charged forward, waiting for a long ball from goalkeeper Elias Rafn Olafsson. However, this balloon never arrived…
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This was due to the Icelandic goalkeeper executing a long and forward kick, but the ball ricocheted off the leg of Daniel Birligea, the pressing opposing striker. This created such a parabola that the striker only had to control the ball with his chest and redirect its trajectory into the goal to celebrate his team’s second goal.
In a bizarre and unexpected twist, Midtjylland had to restart the game from the center circle, this time trailing 2-0.
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