Five footballers who put on the goalkeeper gloves and became heroes of their teams

It is not common for a goalkeeper to be sent off or injured and his team make the substitution. So what happens in this particular situation, how does each team adapt and who ultimately defends the hearth?

Sportish recalls instances of players sitting under the goalposts even though their position on the pitch was different, including Olivier Giroud’s impressive performance as goalkeeper in the Milan vs Genoa game.

Lewis Dunk

A more recent case is Brighton’s legendary captain, Lewis Dunk, with the central defender sitting under the goal of the “Seagulls” in the 2021/2022 season. It was the year that Graham Potter’s great team was introduced to the general public Brighton to travel to Newcastle to play against the club of the same name in the Premier League.

With the score at 1:1, the guests saw Robert Sanchez sent off in the 92nd minute of the game, and Dunk put on his gloves without hesitation. Fortunately for him, the “Miners” did not approach the goal with any demands in the remaining minutes of the game.

John Terry

Next on the list – for years in a row – is Chelsea captain John Terry, with the central defender also being asked to replace Carlo Cudicini in the Blues’ away game against Reading in 2006. The game went down in history because of Cech’s injury on the headwhich resulted in him being sidelined for a long period of time and, since his return to the playing fields, having to wear a protective cap for the rest of his career.

The strange and at the same time unfortunate incident was the fact that the goalkeeper Kudicini, who was called up to replace the Czech goalkeeper, was also hit by an opposing football player, which resulted in him being injured for the rest of the game, where he sat under the beam or John TerryThe score (1:1) did not change until the end of the game.

Vinnie Jones

The “madman” of English football, the player everyone feared, and the strikers kept their distance so as not to endanger their physical integrity. A footballer who, if they were playing today, would see red more often than even Sergio Ramos, as his penchant for violent play is enormous.

There are 57 minutes left to finish the game Wimbledon-Newcastle in the “St. James Park” and in the first game already with three goals behind the goal, o Vinnie Jones decided to defend his team’s goal after Paul Held’s red card.

The game ended 6-1 in favor of the Miners, with the player being the toughest player to ever come through their courts Premier League to make one of the parades of the 1995/1996 season.

Rio Ferdinand

Competition season 2007/2008, h Portsmouth shocked the football world by winning the FA Cup. On the way to the top, after a dramatic development in the game, he was invited to the institution’s round of 16 against Manchester United and won 1-0.

With Van De Sar out, his place under the Red Devils’ goal was taken by Tomasz Kuciak, but as the Pole watched the referee pull a red card out of his pocket for warning Milan Barros, an offense that Portsmouth led to the white ball.

The clock shows the 78th minute, o Rio Ferdinand decided against Mudari in the penalty shootout, with the English defender unable to save the goal despite falling on the right side. A goal that shaped the final result.

Pele

He is one of the greatest goalscorers in football history. The Brazilian legend was one of the first players to compete in the goalkeeper position for even a few minutes, but what not many people know is that Pelé liked to play under the posts, something he often sought out throughout his career.

It was 1964 when the Brazilian scored a hat-trick in the second game of the semi-final match Santos Against Gremio, he took the initiative due to Gilmar’s sending off and was in goal for the last six minutes of the game. The game ended 4:3 in favor of his team Peleand the press at the time congratulated him on his achievement.