Unprecedented Blooper: Goal Conceded in Just 15 Seconds in FIFA Friendly Match between Liechtenstein and Latvia

An unusual and rarely seen situation occurred within the framework of a FIFA friendly match between the teams of Liechtenstein and Latvia, who faced each other at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Cyprus. In just 15 seconds of play, the game opened with an incredible goal against after a rude error between the defender and the goalkeeper.

As soon as the referee gave the order to start the match, Latvia played backwards and soccer player Marcis Oss chose to give a pass to his goalkeeper, Pavels Steinbors, who skidded inside the area just before receiving the ball and could not prevent it. put it next to the stick. The players who starred in one of the bloopers of the year regretted the situation and did not even exchange glances, ashamed of the moment they were going through, while their rivals gathered in the area to celebrate the unexpected 1-0.

The Latvians went in search of an equalizer and achieved it 11 minutes into the first half thanks to a goal from Raimonds Krollis and at least they were able to reverse the bad start against one of the worst teams in the FIFA ranking (Liechtenstein is in 203rd place) .

The goal against was the third fastest to come in the span of four days, as Saturday saw two record-breaking goals. Austrian Christoph Baumgartner opened the scoring after 6 seconds for his team against Slovakia, thus achieving the earliest celebration in history in men’s international soccer friendlies.

* The goal after 6 seconds by the Austrian Baumgartner

While the German Florian Wirtz scored another great goal after 7 seconds in his team’s 2-0 victory against France, in Lyon. The Bayer Leverkusen player took a powerful shot from outside the area that grazed the crossbar and left goalkeeper Brice Samba immobile. It was the fastest goal in the history of the German team, surpassing Lukas Podolski’s goal against Ecuador in 2013, at 9 seconds.

Regarding the activity in the Old Continent, this afternoon the three teams that will qualify for the Euro 2024 in Germany will be defined. The playoffs are: Georgia-Greece, Wales-Poland and Ukraine-Iceland. As for other relevant friendlies, England will face Belgium, Germany against the Netherlands, France against Chile, Spain against Brazil and Argentina against Costa Rica.

2024-03-26 19:44:00
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