Dodgy onion bag
KV Turnhout line up against FCN Sint-Niklaas at a mist-shrouded Stadpark. I assume that it’s mist; I can’t imagine that Belgians would indulge in the sort of civil disobedience required to bring a pall of flare and firework smoke down over the ground.
The incident of interest is KV’s first-half penalty, awarded after Tom Moons is brought down on the edge of the area. Bruno Versavel takes the spot kick and sends the ball crashing off an advertising hoarding, before wheeling away in an apparently misguided celebration.
But what he could see and we can’t is that the ball went between the posts, bursting the net in the process. At least that’s what we’re supposed to believe, and that’s how the incident was reported, because it makes for a better story.
There’s no way the force of that shot caused the breach. It was more of a pass than a strike. A much more likely explanation is that the net wasn’t anchored properly.
The referee’s decision was even more unusual than the dodgy onion bag: after a protracted discussion with the players, he changed his mind and awarded the goal.