Weird Facts About Football
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020, 10:02 am
By:
Tony Williams
#3 Score Against Themselves
OK now this is strange, but in 1994, Barbados had to score against themselves in order to progress in a tournament. To qualify they had to win by two clear goals and were winning 2-0 until Grenada scored with less than 20 minutes to play. This meant Barbados had to push it into overtime as they played a golden goal, which was worth two. It led to them trying to score in their own net and Grenada trying to stop them.
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