He missed two clearances in a row and put the ball in his goal: the inexplicable mistake of the Haitian goalkeeper that went viral

Unusual mistake by the Haitian goalkeeper against Canada

One of the most unusual plays of the year in world football it occurred this Tuesday night. In the second round match of the Concacaf qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup between Canada Y Haiti, the goalkeeper of the visiting team made a mistake that went viral on social networks. Josué Duverger twice tried to clear the ball near his goal and the ball ended up entering the goal.

They ran the first 27 seconds of the second stage of the duel between Canadians and Haitians that was played in the Toyota park State of Illinois when Duverger received the pass from Kevin Lafrance, one of the team’s defenders, after the kickoff. With the score equal to zero, the goalkeeper of the visiting team tried at first to stop the ball, but the ball slipped under the sole of his right leg.

Then Already very close to the goal line but still with time to reject, the number 12 of Haiti tried to clear the ball, but also missed the right hand and the ball slowly entered its own goal. The images of the transmission of the meeting focused on Duverger, who in disbelief of what had happened to him took his head until a teammate gave him encouragement to continue. The Canadian portal OneSoccer, in charge of spreading football news in his country, published the video and it has already added more than two million views.

After the own goal, Josue Duverger suffered two more goals for the final 3-0 (AP Photo / Kamil Krzaczynski)
After the own goal, Josue Duverger suffered two more goals for the final 3-0 (AP Photo / Kamil Krzaczynski)

That was the goal that opened the result in favor of Canada, which ended with a key 3-0 to continue their way through the classification towards the next World Cup that will be played in a year and a half. The other goals of the match were scored by Cyle Larin Y Junior Hoilett. In the first leg, the Canadians had triumphed 1-0. Thanks to the 4-0 aggregate result, the North Americans eliminated the Central Americans in the second round and advanced to the next instance along with Mexico, the United States, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama and Jamaica.

At just 21 years old, Duverger starred in one of the most unusual bloopers of recent times. The archer, who was born in the Canadian city of Montreal, is active in the Vitória Setúbal of the first division of football in Portugal. In 2016, when he was 16 years old, he was summoned for an evaluation in the youth teams of his native country, but finally he joined the Haiti Under-20 team for the Concacaf championship of that category that was played in 2017.

In November of that same year, At the age of 17, the goalkeeper made his absolute debut in the Haitian national team in a friendly that ended 1-0 in favor of the Central Americans against the United Arab Emirates.

Until today, his professional career has been carried out in all Portuguese clubs. His debut was with him Belenenses in the 2015-2016 season and then ended up at the Sporting Lisbon (2016-2018) until he disembarked in Setúbal.

Canada beat Haiti 3-0 at home and advanced to the next round in the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers (AP Photo / Kamil Krzaczynski)
Canada beat Haiti 3-0 at home and advanced to the next round in the Concacaf World Cup qualifiers (AP Photo / Kamil Krzaczynski)

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