Weird Football

Summary of Facts:

Tournament: Shell Caribbean Cup 1994
Match: Last group-stage match (Barbados vs Grenada)


Barbados had to win by a two-goal margin to proceed to the Finals.
Otherwise, Grenada will go through.

Now comes the stupid rule -- if two teams are tied at the end of normal time (90 mins), the first team to score in extra time will be considered a two-goal winner.


The game:

Barbados was leading by two goals until Grenada scored in the 83rd minute.

As full time was approaching, Barbados players realised that they couldn't score another goal in time. So they activated cheat mode deliberately scored an own goal to force extra time (where goals count double lol).

Remember, Barbados needed to win by two goals or else Grenada would progress to the finals.

The Grenada players were stunned. By the time they realised what was happening, it was too late. Grenada started to attack their own goal as well.

Barbados' players weren't stupid of course. They defended both goals, and Grenada couldn't score!

Somehow Barbados managed to score in extra time and they entered the finals!

Source: http://www.snopes.com/sports/soccer/barbados.asp


And a wtf moment in football history is created :-)


You can view the short clip below depicting the story:



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