Nov 19 2008
Italian soccer team drops pants and wins game
In a recent futbol (soccer) match in Italy between Catania and Torino on Catania’s home field on November 16, 2008, three Catania players dropped their pants to block the view of the opposing goalie during a free kick.
The cheesy move paid off, leading to a goal and Catania won the game 3-2. Torino pleaded ‘foul’ but the officials allowed the play to stand.
The NHL had a weird scenario during the playoffs when Sean Avery stood in front of N.J. Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur during a playoff game and kept blocking the goalie’s view until it led to a goal. That tacky maneuver was not against the NHL rules but the league did create a new penalty the following day barring that action.
Will the Euro soccer league handle this in a similar fashion?
A member of the Catania front office said in a radio interview that the pants dropping, “is a strategy his coach practices with the team and it was legal . . . “
Can someone explain what answering the question, “Boxers or briefs” to 70,000 fans attending the game has to do with ‘strategy’ please?
Sports keeps getting weirder by the minute.
