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This Is a Solid Contender for Most Embarrassing Soccer Blunder of the Year

You’ve never seen a blunder like this. 
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This Is a Solid Contender for Most Embarrassing Soccer Blunder of the Year
This Is a Solid Contender for Most Embarrassing Soccer Blunder of the Year

What is it about soccer that produces the most mind-boggling gaffes? This one from the Women’s Champions League matchup between Barcelona and Lithuanian club GintraUniversitetas is as bad as you’ll ever see. 

The Barca goalkeeper whiffing on the clearance attempt is just your average poor play, but the THREE Gintra attackers failing to put the ball in a wide-open goal is pure art. Here’s how the official UEFA play-by-play described it. 

You can say that again. 

The final score was 6–0 in favor of Barcelona, so this seems like a perfect encapsulation of Gintra’s evening.

[via Deadspin]

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DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland writes Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, and is the host of the “Stadium Wonders” video series. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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