Mary asked me once if a soccer player had ever scored with his butt (this was after I had explained to her that you can use any part of your body in soccer except your hands and arms). I told her that I had never actually seen anyone score with his butt, but that I was sure it had happened.
Well, on Wednesday, a player from Chile scored with his butt. You have to watch the replay very carefully, but the ball bounces off a Honduran defender and onto the upper leg/butt area of the Chilean attacker and then into the net. These game highlights are also worth watching for the amazing save made by the Honduran goalkeeper as he scrambles across his goalmouth to keep Honduras in the game (although they went on to lose 1-0).
The first goal scored by Brazil against N. Korea was an incredible shot, as Maicon waited for the keeper to cheat out a little from his goal then blasted the ball between the goalie and the near post. Unstoppable. But credit to N. Korea for scratching back a late goal to make the final score a respectable 2-1.
Robert Green now has competition for the craziest goal of the tournament from the Switzerland v. Spain match. Iker Casillas, considered the best goalkeeper in the world, and his defenders made a total hash of a long punt from the Swiss keeper, gifting Switzerland the only goal it would need to upset the heavily favored Spanish 1-0.
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