Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The top 10 worst misses in football history | Steve Busfield

Jakub Blaszczykowski's howler at the weekend is yet another recent contender for the worst ever. Help us to find the top 10

There has been a sudden spate of missed open goals in recent weeks, so we thought it was time to compile a top 10 of the worst of all time.

Here are some very recent candidates:

? Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski, Dortmund against Freiburg: beautiful ball past the advancing goalkeeper, Kuba has only to run on to the ball and pop it into the net ...


? Fahad Khalfan against Uzbekistan: He's done the hard bit, the goalkeeper has inexplicably leapt over the ball, so why does he decide to hit it with the outside of his left foot from there?

? Alan Gatagov, Lokomotiv Moscow v Sibir: it's a bit of a scramble, but he really must score ...

And some not-so-recent ones:

? Ronnie Rosenthal, Liverpool v Aston Villa. Again, he's done the hard part, so how come the bar gets in the way?

? Rocky Baptiste, Harrow Borough v Waltham Abbey: aka, the Rocky Baptiste Horror Show.

Help us find the top 10 worst misses ever below the line, from which we'll compile a poll for you to take part in.


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