Let’s pretend for a moment that you’ve never seen a soccer game in your life. A friend tells you the basics, the fundamentals, the rules — 11 players on each side — kick the ball at the other team’s net.
Pretty simple, huh?
And then you see something like this.
And then you question if your friend was flat-out lying to you.
Here’s how French newspaper L’Equipe described the play, according to Google Translate:
While the release of her babysitter was countered by one attacking and the ball took the direction of the goal, Eke wanted in turn clear the ball. The lack of communication with her teammates was fatal because the young woman, who was alone in the penalty area and therefore had time to control, rushed and sent the ball directly into the goal in a rather grotesque …
A babysitter? On the soccer pitch?
Seriously, someone lied to us about “The Beautiful Game.”
[Deadspin]
