Goal Keeper's Blunder Is Internet Hit
1:01am Saturday September 11, 2010
Ian Collier
It has been been dubbed the craziest penalty in the history of football and has made an internet hit out of a very embarrassed
oroccan goalkeeper.
What a plonker - keeper has not seen his blunder
Khalid Askri thought he had saved a crucial spotkick in a Moroccan Cup game playing for FAR Rabat against Moghreb Fes. He pushed the ball away and turned to soak up the adulation of his fans<object height="505" width="640"></object>.
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However, as he saluted the crowd, the ball span back and rolled over the line into the empty net. The goal stood and Fes qualified for the quarter-finals. "Khalid Askri thought he was a hero, but he's just a zero," said a report on the Chronofoot website. "It was the craziest penalty in football history."
