The match between Borussia Dortmund and its host Union Berlin - the leaders of the German Football League - witnessed on Sunday, one of the strangest goals in football history, and it may be the strangest in the Bundesliga.
And social media platforms circulated a video clip of the goal scored by Union striker Janick Haberer, after a naive mistake from Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kopel, which caused his team to receive the first goal in the eighth minute of the match.
The mistake came after a ball returned by Dortmund's defense to the goalkeeper, who tried to deflect it away from his goal, but he slipped to the ground without being touched, and the ball hit him and was perfectly prepared in front of the empty goal of German striker Haberer, who invested this mistake and hit the ball into the net.
A gift of a first goal 🎁
A stunning second 👌
🎥 Watch the highlights at @FCUnion_en stretch their lead at the top of the #Bundesliga to FIVE points 📈 😲#MD10 |
#SuperSunday |
#FCUBVB pic.twitter.com/2ozN6VoQOV
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) October 16, 2022
And bein sports, through its Twitter account, published a video of the goal that came from the goalkeeper's mistake, commenting on it "one of the strangest goals in the world of football."
The hosts were able to enhance the result by scoring a second goal, with a missile shot by the same player in the 21st minute, and Union Berlin managed to win with two goals to nothing, and consolidated its position at the top of the Bundesliga standings.
The official account of the German League on Twitter shared a video clip of the match summary and the two goals scored by Haberer, describing the first goal as a "gift" from the Dortmund goalkeeper, and the second as "amazing".
One of the strangest goals in the world of football 😮# German_League pic.twitter.com/4MTqK0aytQ
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) October 16, 2022