From hero to villain: Slovakia’s goalkeeper saved a penalty and then scored an inexplicable goal against Spain

The unusual blooper of the Slovakian goalkeeper

Martin Dúbravka He will undoubtedly be the star of the end-of-the-year football compacts. The blooper he committed on the last date of the group stage of the Eurocup it will put him on the podium of this season’s mistakes. Barely twenty minutes passed to change his nickname from hero to villain in the duel Come in Slovakia Y Spain.

The 32-year-old goalkeeper had guessed the shot from Alvaro Morata at 11 minutes and managed to keep his fence at zero after the execution of that penalty, key in the ambition of his selected to access the round of 16 of the contest. However, within half an hour of play he was the main actor of the Spanish goal. The action had started with a beginner failure from his partner Lubomir Satka, who took the ball at the goal of the area and wanted to make a low front change that left the ball served to Pablo Sarabia.

The Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker fired a powerful shot that hit the crossbar and the ball took a rare parable into the sky. It took a few seconds to fall and goalkeeper Dúbravka despaired. He jumped to try to get it to the corner over the crossbar, but had an inexplicable failure: he pushed the ball with his hand inside without being disturbed by any rival.

Doubravka's inexplicable mistake (Photo: Reuters)
Doubravka’s inexplicable mistake (Photo: Reuters)

Almost towards the end of the first half, the goalkeeper was once again the protagonist in a new attack by Spain when he came out to reduce Gerard Moreno, who had leaked behind the Slovak markers. The Villarreal striker had his back turned to the goal, but was finally able to turn when Doubravka he retraced his steps to return to the arch. Although it was late. Moreno threw the pumped center and the one that headed was Aymeric laporte, Manchester City defender, who with a crossed header left the Slovakian goalkeeper in the thigh and stamped the 2-0 partial.

Later, Sarabia, Ferrán Torres and Kucka, against, stretched the score to 5-0 and sentenced the elimination of Slovakia who had started the match second in Group E, behind Sweden and ahead of Spain, but could not hold out against the cast of Luis Enrique. With this fall he was third in his area, but due to the bad goal difference (-4) he says goodbye to the Eurocup. Poland, which fell 3-2 to Sweden, finished last.

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