Spectacular own-goal protest ends in [R]

Discussion in 'The Beautiful Game' started by Canadian_Supporter, Nov 1, 2002.

  1. Canadian_Supporter

    Staff Member

    Dec 20, 1999
    Prostějov, CR
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    149-0 defeat..

    "ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Newly-crowned Madagascan champions AS Adema thrashed their opponents 149-0 in a top national league match after the opposition deliberately scored one own goal after another in a protest over a refereeing decision."

    http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/021101/5/pyz6.html

    Ouch.

    Perhaps this post shouldn't be in 'The beautiful game' section :)
     
  2. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    Gee, that keeper's GAA must have gone down the toilet....
     
  3. SankaCofie

    SankaCofie Member

    Aug 8, 2000
    Skorgolia
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    Ecuador
    geeez i hope he was agreeable to that... i'd have hunted down and killed my team if they did that to me.
     
  4. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    If a team is trying to score an own goal, does that count as an intentional pass to the keeper and therefore he can't even try to save the ball? Hmm....
     
  5. Colin Grabow

    Colin Grabow New Member

    Jul 22, 1999
    Washington, DC
    Who says soccer doesn't have enough goals?
     
  6. Justin O

    Justin O Member+

    Seattle Sounders
    United States
    Nov 30, 1998
    on the run from the covid
    Club:
    Seattle
    Thanks for not forgeting the [R] in the title.
     
  7. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
    Cidade Mágica
    Club:
    PAOK Saloniki
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Brilliant. I love this game. Your world. Your life. Your game. Your 149 own goals.!
     
  8. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    Yeah, some of us are really big fans of AS Adema. I had the game on tape and was waiting until I got home to watch it!
     
  9. nicodemus

    nicodemus Member+

    Sep 3, 2001
    Cidade Mágica
    Club:
    PAOK Saloniki
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I bet the referee is loving all the coverage the reaction to his decision got.
     
  10. soccernutter

    soccernutter Moderator
    Staff Member

    Tottenham Hotspur
    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "Radio Madagascar claimed the result represented a new world record score in a first class match."

    Just eclipsing the old record of a 142-0 thrashing...
     
  11. clashcityrocker

    Mar 12, 1999
    In the shadow of RFK
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Oh, when will FIFA learn and give Australia their own world cup slot?
     
  12. gnk

    gnk Member+

    Nov 1, 2000
    Aldie, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I love this part of the story:

    "Adema's players reportedly stood around looking bemused, doing nothing to stop the opposition from self-destructing."

    On another note, I wonder what the over/under line was.
     
  13. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    It was 150. They just missed it.
     
  14. Footer Phooter

    Jul 23, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    I guess they've got the goal differential tie breaker about wrapped up.
     
  15. gnk

    gnk Member+

    Nov 1, 2000
    Aldie, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not if Stade Olympique l'Emyrne's coach pulls the same stunt in the next game in which he has a problem with the ref's decision, especially if the ref's decision in question comes earlier in the game.
     
  16. topcow

    topcow New Member

    Nov 23, 2000
    New York
    Did u see the 85th goal? It was brilliant. The keeper had no chance.
     
  17. FlashMan

    FlashMan Member

    Jan 6, 2000
    'diego
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wonder what the crowd's reaction to all this was, or if the Madagascar soccer federation will bring down the hammer in some way.
     
  18. CUS

    CUS New Member

    Apr 20, 2000
    Especially if his contract gives him a three cow and a goat bonus if his GAA is under 1.23.
     
  19. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    Does the other keeper still get his clean sheet bonus? I mean, I presume he literally was sleeping through the match.
     
  20. uniteo

    uniteo Member+

    Sep 2, 2000
    Rockville, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    he, he, he

    Now really, don't you hope they finish lower in the table due to goal differential. Imagine if they were relegated because of the result.

    How could the players have kept it up? I mean, after 50 or 60 goals wouldn't you want to just kick it around to relieve the boredom?

    And how much stoppage time was there? If I were the ref there'd be like 30 minutes of stoppage time (30 seconds per goal, right?)
     
  21. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    What, are you from Ecuador or something?
     
  22. Treetaliano

    Treetaliano Member

    Jun 29, 2002
    Charlotte, NC
    HOW in the hell do you let in 149 goals? My AYSO team from 1980 could have played TODAY's Real Madrid and came out with a more respectable score line.
     
  23. AvidSinger

    AvidSinger New Member

    Sep 6, 2002
    Massachusetts
    I suggest you read the link a little more closely.
     
  24. Footer Phooter

    Jul 23, 2000
    Falls Church, VA
    Thanks for putting the [R] in the title. All the Madagascarian fans who taped the game will appreciate it.
     
  25. helmzgk

    helmzgk New Member

    Jun 14, 2002
    california
    I wonder if they started trying to make creative ways of scoring on themselves, like 10 of them line up in a straight line, legs slight apart, and the 11th guy tries to slot the ball through all their legs and into the goal, or if they all just lined up and attempted bicycle kicks, or see if they could all head the ball before it went into the goal. If I were an AS Adema player I'd ask to join in, could you imagine that! I'd be the leading scorer of the league after just this one game. Even funnier if the goalkeeper for Adema thought of doing this.
     

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