Stefan Gartenmann placed the ball in his own goal.
Football In the Europa League playoffs, eight places to the quarterfinals were decided on Thursday. The match saw a confusing own goal.
Denmark’s Midtjylland started their home match in a good position, as the away match against Sporting Lisbon had ended in a 1-1 draw.
However, the Danish team didn’t manage to do much, as Sporting won the match 4–0 and continues to the quarterfinals, where they will meet Arsenal, the top team in the Premier League.
Midtjylland the sad evening culminated in the 85th minute.
Defender Stefan Gartenmann received a pass in his own defensive area, about 20 meters from the goal. Gartenmann held the ball for a moment and passed downward. For some reason, the defender didn’t look at all where the goalkeeper was: the ball went straight into the empty own goal, because the goalkeeper had moved to wait for the pass to the right side of the goal as seen from the defender.
You can watch the goal score of the match From the UEFA website.
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