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Peter Fitzpatrick·21 January 2025
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Peter Fitzpatrick·21 January 2025
Wojciech Szczęsny came out of retirement to answer Barcelona's call after Marc-André ter Stegen was ruled out for the season with injury, but he might be regretting it tonight in Lisbon after a howler of epic proportions.
After watching his fellow Pole, Robert Lewandowski, had levelled things up at 1-1, the former Arsenal and Juventus keeper charged halfway up the pitch to try and reach a long ball.
Instead, he only went flying into Alejandro Balde, allowing Vangelis Pavlidis to run onto the ball and tap into an empty net.
The 34-year-old needed treatment for the collision after being poleaxed. Excuse the pun.
He then went onto concede a penalty for his side, giving Pavlidis the chance to score the third quickest hat-trick in Champions League history, and send the home fans into a frenzy.
It might have been easier to keep the feet up, Wojciech!
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