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One of the most popular sports in the world, the history of football is unbelievable. Over two hundred years have passed since football was created, and during this time unimaginable distances have been covered. Most football fans know such past events as Diego Maradona's hand of God goal or the Hillsborough tragedy, where in 1989 during a match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, a stand collapsed and 96 people died. However, like any other thing with a history, football has had many strange and funny incidents throughout its existence, leaving people bewildered by their occurrence. The most popular football portal in the country, EuroFootball.com, continues to tell incredible football stories. You can read the first part here. Someone must have missed the mark...
Your knowledge of the fourth division in Argentine football is probably not that great compared to other world leagues, so let's open the pages of South American football history back and go back to the 2009-2010 season. At that time, there was a qualifying stage between Santa Lucia's Juventud Alianza and Cordoba's General Paz Juniors. After two matches, the final result was 3-3, so the teams had to take penalty kicks to determine the winner and the participant in the next stage. The match scenario seems classic, but... It was a record-breaking evening: General Paz Juniors won their opponents after a penalty shootout with a result of 21-20, with 41 accurate kicks from the mark, an absolute world record. It is unbelievable that in this series, the only Juventud Alianza player, Ruiz, missed, while a...'
In the 1957-1958 season, the second most powerful team in the English championship fought between London's Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town, which is considered one of the most memorable matches in football history. In December 1957, in a famous match, Charlton was reduced to ten men after 27 minutes when the captain Derek Ullton dislocated his shoulder and was taken to the hospital, and substitutions were not allowed at that time. Huddersfield Town took advantage of the situation and took the lead 1-0 after Leslie Massie's goal. The "terriers" were not going to stop: Alex Bain scored twice, and Bill McGarry and Bob Ledger each scored, making it 5-1. Charlton's Johnny Summers scored a goal. With 27 minutes remaining until the end of the match, miraculous events began. Summers and Johnny Ryan scored a goal each in two minutes, reducing the score to 5-3. Summers scored again - with precise strikes in the 73rd and 78th minutes, he scored a "poker," and the score was tied - 5-5. The Englishman did not stop - he scored his fifth and the team's sixth goal in the 81st minute, and Charlton was leading 6-5. Huddersfield Town managed to equalize the score five minutes before the end of the match, but a point in the last second of the match was put in by Ryan - Charlton celebrated an incredible victory of 7-6. An interesting fact is that almost all of the home team's fans did not witness this miracle, as they left the stands after the team was trailing 1-5. The London team fought till the end, did not give up, and probably created the biggest comeback miracle in football history. A shameful moment was recorded in the seventh tier of the England "HFS Loans" league in 1993. Congleton decided to honor the club's oldest fan with a minute of silence before the match, who reportedly passed away that week. However, the public relations department of the Congleton town club should have double-checked the information, as they had to cancel the minute of silence due to a very simple reason - a "drunk" fan entered the field during that time. Chris Nicholl's big day Every player who scored four times in a match would usually be thrilled with their achievement. However, this cannot be applied to Birmingham's Aston Villa defender Chris Nicholl, who on March 20, 1976, in a match against Leicester City, scored four goals, two of which were own goals. Nicholl unintentionally put Leicester in the lead, but equalized before half-time. However, in the second half, with a "great goal," he gave the opposition the advantage again - 1-2. At the end of the match, the defender managed to equalize the score for his team, and the match ended in a draw - 2-2. After the match, the defender jokingly called the afternoon great and admitted that his only disappointment was that scoring four goals did not earn him the match ball.
