It concerns a match played last weekend between Barbados and Grenada in some cup competition. Barbados needed to win the game by two clear goals in order to progress to the next round. The trouble was caused by a daft rule in the competition which stated that in the event of a game going to penalty kicks, the winner would be awarded a 2-0 victory.
(Yes,I'm sure you can see what's coming....)
With 5 minutes to go, Barbados were leading 2-1, and going out of the tournament. Then, when they realized they were probably not going to score against Grenada's massed defense, they turned round, and deliberately scored an own goal to level the scores.
Grenada, themselves not being stupid, realized what was going on, and then attempted to score an own goal themselves. However, the Barbados players started defending their opponents goal to prevent this.
In the last five minutes, therefore, spectators were treated to the incredible sight of a team defending their opponents goal against attackers desperately trying to score an own goal ! Naturally, the game went to penalties, which Barbados won... |