Serie C, goalkeeper and full-back make a sensational omelette. And who also says it’s all an enquiry office. Here’s what happened
It happens to see goalkeeper mistakes. It also happens to see misunderstandings between the extreme defenders and their teammates. But what happened yesterday during Albinoleffe-Mantova, a Serie C match, you may never have seen.
A challenge that put at stake some very important points for the salvation fight. And which gave the visiting team – given the 0-2 final scoreline – the chance to overtake yesterday’s opponents in the standings. And it was the goalkeeper and one of the hosts’ defenders who made the omelette. A misunderstanding that cost them dearly – below you can see the video – which some say is worthy of investigation. But let’s analyse together who might be most at fault in this episode.
Serie C, at best it would have been an indirect penalty in the area
Let’s start from the regulation anyway: if the goalkeeper of Albinoleffe had touched the ball again after having put it in play, at most against his team there would have been an indirect penalty inside the penalty area. With a caution attached. A lesser evil than taking a goal.
But in those moments no one thinks about such things, what the extreme defender of the hosts did was to try to cover the ball with his body, and he failed, giving Mantova a sensational goal that directed the match. But whose fault is it? In our humble opinion, in this particular case, it is more the defender’s than the goalkeeper’s. He, trying to put the ball in play and seeing his team-mate approaching, touches it to turn it over and from that moment on cannot take it back between his feet. The defender, passing by, does not have the mental speed, which at that moment is all about going to the other side of the penalty area, to understand what is happening. He realises it too late to get back into the game, realises it too late to patch up the situation. And Mantova thanks and rejoices. Bringing home in this way three very important points for their race for salvation.