It is often said of goalkeepers that they have nothing to lose in a penalty shoot-out. Tell that to Khalid El Askri.
The Moroccan was between the sticks for FAR Rabat who were in action at MAS Fes in the last 16 of the Moroccan Coupe du Trone.
The game finished 1-1 and, after 30 minutes of extra time, it went down to penalties.
Goalkeeping's most premature celebrationIn the penalty shoot-out, El Askri stepped up to make a critical early save from Fes man Driss Belaamri.
So happy was the stopper that he started beating his chest and, celebrating with his fans, kissing the club badge. The crowd, however, could see what El Askri had missed.
The ball, laden with spin after being blocked, was edging lazily back to the goal. As it rolled over the line, Belaamri - who kept his eyes on the ball throughout - celebrated scoring the world's luckiest penalty.
And for El Askri and Rabat, who are the most successful side in the Moroccan cup's history, there was no reprieve - Fes won the shoot-out 7-6 to advance to the quarter-finals.
Calamity keeper Khaled Askri (FAR Rabat) suffers another embarrassment before substituting himselfIs the Moroccan keeper cursed?
By 101 Great Goals
26 Sep 2010 15:14:00
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A couple of weeks back we brought you footage of arguably the most bizarre penalty ever scored.
The footage came from the Moroccan cup match between FAR Rabat and MAS Fes and became one of the biggest viral videos of the year. A 1-1 draw between the two sides saw the game head to the dreaded penalty kicks, where Khalid Askri achieved worldwide notoriety for one of the worst goalkeeper blunders you will ever see. (Watch here.)
Well, he's now gone and done it again.
Playing against KAC Kenitra on Saturday in the Moroccan league, the FAR keeper made a shocking error on the edge of his box. Instead of catching a chested pass back from his centre-half Askri opted to try to take on KAC centre-forward Hicham El Aroui.
Obviously, it all went terribly wrong and El Aroui managed to tackle Askri and score what turned out to be the only goal of the contest.
Down in the dumps, Askri then reacted badly to his own error. He immediately ripped off his jersey, headed for the tunnel and decided to sub himself as he clearly couldn't deal with continuing in the limelight anymore.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2931/go-global/2010/09/26/2137311/video-calamity-keeper-khaled-askri-far-rabat-suffers-anotherKhaled Askri's second horror mistake of the season can be seen below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R--6xhAMWXQ First blunder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KepA2iFVNUQ Second blunder, he could not take it anymore lol
