North Korea have been told by Fifa that Kim Myong-won will only be able to play as a goalkeeper in the World Cup and not in his usual role as a striker. The North Korean coach, Kim Jong-hun decided to name only two regular goalkeepers in his squad with Kim, who plays for Amrokgang, as the back-up.
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In the second half of a real match between German lower division sides TSV Wimsheim and TSV Grunbach last Sunday, a Grunbach player attempted to launch a booming kick against the intense winds only to have the ball hang in the sky and come right back the way it came, bounce high over the goalkeeper’s head and into the net, giving Wimsheim a 1-0 lead.
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Iranian soccer player, Amin Motavassel Zadeh, Moghavemat Sepasi’s striker, is playing fair-play against Steel-Azin Jan 28, 2010 at Hafezieh Stadium-Shiraz. He could score the goal but he sent the ball out of the pitch, when he saw the keeper was injured falling on the ground.
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Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann proved he wasn’t a shy guy when he went for a toilet break behind the goal during Stuttgart’s Champions League victory. The former Arsenal goalkeeper, confronted with the wee problem of being caught short in front of 40,000 fans nipped over the advertising boards, crouched down and urinated. Read the rest of this entry »
