Soccer Player Stops His Potential Goal With His Hand

When Charalampos Pavlidis of Greek soccer (football) club Veria flicked the ball past the goalkeeper, what was he thinking?

a) Cool. I probably just scored a goal.

b) Cool. I probably just scored a goal. I guess I’ll chase the ball to make sure it actually goes into the goal.

c) Cool. I probably just scored a goal. I guess I’ll chase the ball and use my hand to prevent it from going into the goal.

The answer is, of course, C. But why?

Do we blame match fixing? Did Pavlidis just lose his mind? Was it a simple accident? If you know anything, let us know.

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