caughtoffside
·29 November 2022
caughtoffside
·29 November 2022
Despite trailing Senegal for nearly 70 minutes, Ecuador’s Moises Caicedo thought he had scored a huge goal.
Prior to Caicedo’s potential World Cup-saving goal, Ecuador was starring at an early exit after Ismailia Sarr successfully converted a first-half penalty.
However, just shy of the game’s 70th minute, Caicedo popped up and netted a close-range effort. The Ecuadorians would have been forgiven for believing they had one foot in the World Cup’s knockout phase, but Chelsea’s Kalidou Koulibaly clearly had other ideas.
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The big centre-back found himself in unusual territory but somehow managed to finish like a striker.
Check out both goals, which were scored within just two minutes of each other, below.
As things stand in Group A, the Netherlands, who are leading Qatar 2-0 will top the group, with Senegal on course to go through and set up a Round of Last 16 tie against the winner of England’s Group B.