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Watch: That Time Of Year As Another Italian 'Keeper Scores Borderline Scandalous O.G.

Gavan Casey
By Gavan Casey
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When you think of Italian goalkeepers your mind wanders to the great Dino Zoff, to Gianluca Pagliuca, and in a more recent context, Gigi Buffon.

Flamboyant, serene men - legends of the game - flying through the air with swallow-like grace, plucking balls out of the air like it's nobody's business.

You also probably think of similar incidents to this one today - a bollock-dropping of the highest order by Sassuolo's goalkeeper Andrea Consigli.

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Oh dear. Now, before you get ahead of yourselves with various, wild accusations, there is another angle which suggests the 29-year-old may have actually been aiming for one of his own defenders - namely Francesco Acerbi.

Even allowing for his unfathomably awkward body position as he applied a deft finish into his own net, gifting Fiorentina their third goal in a 3-1 victory with just seven minutes remaining, his facial expression does strike as one of sincere mortification...

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It does, doesn't it? Lads? LADS??

Consigli's OG did spark scenes reminiscent of Torino 'keeper Danielle Padelli this time last season...

 

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