Rangers
Football
Club beat
Hibernian
3-1 on matchday 31 of the Scottish Premiership and made headlines around the world. But not because of the result that catapults the first to chase Celtic, who are one point ahead of them although with one game more. Not for a great goal either. The thing is, in this Scottish league match one of the most unusual bloopers in recent times was seen. And the action went around the world.
"The Scottish league in its purest form," tweeted a user of the X network to describe the situation, which has gone totally viral.
Nectarios Triantis
is the man of the day. The Australian Hibernian player wanted to play a free kick quickly but his shot generated the most unexpected carom. So much so that the ball hit the head of a teammate who fell as if he had received a knockout. But the craziest thing was that the rebound hit the head of another of his own teammates who also ended up on the ground.
Joe Newell
got the worst of it. The thing is, when he was walking unprepared in search of the rival area, the ball caught him squarely and turned him over. Then yes, although with less violence, the ball hit the middle of
Will Fish
's face,
who was not expecting it either, and ended up on the floor.
The action, extremely unusual, went around the world. And the reactions on social networks came in droves. "I couldn't repeat it even if I wanted to." "I repeated it 11 times and I still can't believe what I'm seeing." "The level of difficulty in precision is astonishing." Those were just some of the thousands of comments from network users who couldn't believe it.
Finally, the victory went to those from Glasgow who reached 30 points, leaving one behind Celtic who have 31 points, two dates from the end. But of course, beyond the good game they played, what went around the world was not the compact with the best moments of the game. But the blooper of the year.
The blooper in the Scottish league that travels the world
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