Idman.biz
In the final seconds of the match between "Oakland Roots" and "Orange County" teams in the US second football league (USL Championship), a rare event in world football occurred.
Idman.Biz reports that the goalkeeper's move to disrupt the opponent's attack, while trying to equalize the score, has become the focus of sports media.
In the final minutes of the game, Oakland Roots goalkeeper Rafael Spiegel, whose team was trailing 0-1, went to the opponent's penalty area for an equalizing goal. However, after the corner kick, the ball went to the opponent, and Orange County players launched a quick counter-attack towards the empty goal.
Realizing that he could not run back and reach his goal, Spiegel resorted to an unusual method. He took a spare ball from behind the opponent's goal and deliberately threw it into the center of the field. The goalkeeper's goal was to get the game stopped by the referee, arguing that there were two balls on the field. However, this trick did not work.
Ignoring the second ball thrown onto the field, the opposing players continued the attack and shot at the empty goal from a long distance. It was midfielder Tommy McCabe, who sprinted from half the field, who saved his team from a certain goal, not the goalkeeper. He managed to get the ball off the goal line.
The referee did not leave goalkeeper Rafael Spiegel's action unanswered and showed him a straight red card, sending him off the field. The goalkeeper, who grossly violated the rules, was disqualified for at least one game. The USL leadership is expected to further aggravate this punishment.
