Here's a perfect example of how football players (or soccer players in America) should NOT celebrate a teammate scoring a goal:
Casanova's toughness may also have to be questioned after this incident. After looking at the video numerous times, you can't help but wonder: A stretcher? Really? I can understand temporarily blurred vision may cause you to go to the ground to regroup, but he couldn't get back up after that?
The NFL has penalties for excessive celebrations after touchdowns. Maybe Spanish football has to do the same - to protect the players from hurting themselves.
Goal celebration ends with player getting stretchered off [Dirty Tackle]
Racing Club de Ferrol's Rafa Casanova took a shot to the eye from his own teammate during a group hug to celebrate a goal in their Spanish fourth division match. It was a pretty hearty blow right to the eye from an oblivious late-comer to the celebration and it sent Casanova to the ground.
Even stranger is the fact that Casanova had to be taken off on a stretcher.Watch video of the funny, and yet embarrassing, "goal celebration fail" here, courtesy of Dirty Tackle.
Casanova's toughness may also have to be questioned after this incident. After looking at the video numerous times, you can't help but wonder: A stretcher? Really? I can understand temporarily blurred vision may cause you to go to the ground to regroup, but he couldn't get back up after that?
The NFL has penalties for excessive celebrations after touchdowns. Maybe Spanish football has to do the same - to protect the players from hurting themselves.
Goal celebration ends with player getting stretchered off [Dirty Tackle]
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