Ajax giving away free goals?

milltown · 23-11-2005 6:05pm #1

Can anyone give a bit of background on this oddity?

http://www.koreus.com/media/fair-play.html

I'm presuming the ball was put into touch so an injured player could get treatment. Was the Ajax player shooting for goal or trying to give the ball back to a dozy keeper?

Regardless, I would have thought what ensued would be completely against the rules, fair or not.

Nunu · 23-11-2005 6:16pm

That's classic. Looks like a reserve game. He was knocking it back to the keeper because an Ajax player needed treatment and their opponents sportingly knocked it out of play. Obviously he made a balls of it. When Ajax let them score a goal the state of the pass from the full back under no pressure at all is comical, his team mate has to sprint to keep it in and score.

Tusky · 23-11-2005 6:19pm

That...is...crazy.

whiskeyman · 23-11-2005 6:23pm

Nunu wrote:

That's classic. Looks like a reserve game. He was knocking it back to the keeper because an Ajax player needed treatment and their opponents sportingly knocked it out of play. Obviously he made a balls of it. When Ajax let them score a goal the state of the pass from the full back under no pressure at all is comical, his team mate has to sprint to keep it in and score.

I'd say thats right.

Brilliant find... thanks for that!!

gimmick · 23-11-2005 6:40pm

Didnt something like that happen in a Plymouth game last season, where a back pass after an injury was fluffed by the keeper, then the manager ordered his team to step aside and let the other team knock one straight back?

Great sportsmanship.

MrJoeSoap · 23-11-2005 6:51pm

^Yeah, it was against Yeovil iirc.

Mark · 23-11-2005 7:00pm

http://media.koreus.com/banner-ads-XDEFH/200511/fair-play.wmv

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milltown · 23-11-2005 7:10pm

Mark wrote:

http://media.koreus.com/banner-ads-XDEFH/200511/fair-play.wmv

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Cheers Mark. That's a keeper (if you'll pardon the pun!)

BKtje · 23-11-2005 8:18pm

lol the commentary is funny

ur man woulda fel a right eejiy if that had gone out for a goal kick

pickarooney · 23-11-2005 10:43pm

Yeah, exactly what you said, he was knocking it back to the keeper after an injury, accidnetally scored, apologises and they let the opposition grab one back.
They were 3-0 up, mind, so they could probably afford the generosity.

BKtje · 23-11-2005 10:45pm

2-0 before the lob

MrJoeSoap · 24-11-2005 12:44am

The full backs pass makes the clip. Comic genius, its just a pity it didnt go out for a goal kick!

mchurl · 24-11-2005 1:13pm

if the full backs pass had of went out of play it would of been one of the funniest things i've seen:D

Ajax giving away free goals?

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