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The history of the most popular sports in the world is incredible. It has been more than two centuries since soccer emerged and during this time, immeasurable miles have been covered. Most soccer fans know such historical events as Diego Maradona's hand of god goal or the Hillsborough tragedy, during which 96 people died in a 1989 match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool when a stand collapsed. However, like anything with history, soccer has had its fair share of strange and funny incidents that make one question their occurrence. The most popular country's soccer portal "EuroFootball.com" continues to tell unbelievable soccer stories. You can read the first part here, the second part here, and the third part here.
2019-11-07 08:44:48
The most popular sports in the world are incredible. Two hundred years have passed since the emergence of football, and during this time, immeasurable meters have been created. Most football fans know such past events as Diego Maradona's goal by hand or the Hillsboro tragedy, during which 96 people died in 1989 in a match between Nottingham "Forest" and "Liverpool" when the stand collapsed. However, like any thing with history, football had a lot of strange and funny events during its existence, which make one shake their head questioning their occurrence. The most popular country's football portal "EuroFootball.com" continues to tell incredible football stories. You can read the first part here, the second one - here, the third - here. The quartet that saved the fall In 1987, the "Torquay United" club desperately needed at least a draw to avoid falling into a lower division of English football. In the Fourth Division match "United" after two halves lagged behind "Crewe Alexandra" 0:2. Jim McNicholas immediately after the break narrowed the gap with a goal and gave hope to be saved not only in the match but also in the league. No one could predict what happened... Goal scorer J. McNicholas chased the ball to keep it in play, but the German shepherd suddenly appeared from nowhere and bit the defender's leg. The officer Brynas thought that the footballer wanted to attack his owner, so he took such actions. McNicholas spent five minutes on the ground, so the referee had to compensate for the time. During added time, "Torquay United" forward Paul Dobson scored the equalizer and saved the team from falling into a lower division. McNicholas needed 17 stitches, but the footballer himself did not worry about that. "It wasn't that painful. I was just shocked that a dog bit me while I was playing football," commented the player on the situation. Pele's lucky socks Most people have certain rituals known only to them. Footballers are no exception. The Brazilian Pele, known as the greatest footballer of all time, also performed rituals that helped him on the field. In the mid-70s, the striker's game plummeted so dramatically that even the fans and staff of the club "Santos" he represented were amazed. Pele himself was worried about the situation and looked for reasons why this happened. After a long thought, he realized the problem - he gave his lucky socks to a fan, which "led to his bad game." Then the Brazilian decided to hire a detective to retrieve the lost symbol of luck. After an exhaustive search, the detective presented the lucky socks, and Pele started playing as well as before. However, the reality was somewhat different: the infamous footballer's good luck charm was never found, and the detective handed over the socks from the previous match to the Brazilian. As they say, everything happens in our heads.
Three yellow cards... to one player Some things in football are never forgotten, and one of them is controversial refereeing decisions. Almost every match, in any championship, there is at least one referee mistake that becomes the headline of the day for the media and fans. In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, in the match between Croatia and Australia, the referees made undoubtedly one of the most careless mistakes in football history. According to the football rules, after two yellow cards, a player is forced to leave the field, but... not immediately. Croatian defender Josip Simunic received the first yellow card in the 61st minute, but after another rough play at the end of the match, referee Graham Poll showed the second card but did not remove the player from the field. However, after three minutes, due to a dispute with the referee, J. Simanic received a third yellow card, and immediately the referee decided to send the Croatian to the locker room. During the championship, G. Poll's refereeing was so disgraceful that he decided never to participate in international tournaments again.
Coach for ten minutes A person loses their job when the employer no longer thinks that the employee's skills are needed. This usually happens when there is a change in leadership or work methods. In this case, Leroy Rosenior became a victim of circumstances - in 2007, the coach lost his job at "Torquay United" team just after ten minutes. Club owner Mike Bateson was looking for someone who could train the team until it was sold. The team had officially signed an agreement with a new coach, but then the news came that the club was sold and the services of the coach were no longer needed. Rosenior can only be sympathized with. He must have felt as if he had invited a girl to prom, but she ran away to another guy at the last moment.
