Football: Twitter erupts after Unai Simon scores a bizarre own goal in Euro 2020 - WATCH
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Unai became the ninth player to score an own goal in Euro 2020, making it the most for a single edition of the tournament.
Spanish goalkeeper Unai Simon gifted Croatia with a goal in the Round of 16 clash after scoring a bizarre own goal at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.
The incident took place in the 20th minute of the match when Pedri hit a long back pass back towards the goalkeeper (Simon), however, Unai failed to control the ball despite getting a touch and let into his own net.
Unai became the ninth player to score an own goal in Euro 2020, making it the most for a single edition of the tournament.
Twitteratis could not keep calm after Unai's own goal and took to social media to troll the Spanish goalkeeper.
Unai Simon what have you done #CROESP pic.twitter.com/I6iSWmpLMh
— Alex Mc (@aa_mcintosh22) June 28, 2021
OMG... That is one of the most bizarre own goals ever, Unai Simon misses the pass from his own teammate! #ESP | #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/OJXtnxOOVb
— fangazzetta (@fangazzetta) June 28, 2021
Unai Simon playing for Spain today!#Spain #EURO2020 #CROSPA #Simon pic.twitter.com/74ctWUNR6d
— Pranav (@Pranav8055) June 28, 2021
"Unai Simon is better than De Gea" pic.twitter.com/kuyw76tdfz
— David De Gea FC (@DeGeaFran4ever) June 28, 2021
Sergio Ramos would have stopped that Pedri pass, would have stopped Unai Simon from taking a bad touch and would have cleared the ball off the line in my book.
— TC (@totalcristiano) June 28, 2021
Unai Simon seeing his team mates miss chances to score a goal pic.twitter.com/F3mKCjAe0v
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) June 28, 2021
However, Spain did not take time to score an equaliser as Paris Saint-Germain forward Pablo Sarabia scored from close range.
In the end, Unai Simon's own goal did not matter as Spain beat Croatia 5-3 in extra time in a thrilling encounter to enter the quarterfinal.
Teams:
Croatia: Dominik Livakovic; Duje Caleta-Car, Domagoj Vida, Josip Juranovic, Josko Gvardiol; Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric (captain), Marcelo Brozovic, Nikola Vlasic; Ante Rebic, Bruno Petkovic
Spain: Unai Simon; Cesar Azpilicueta, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Jose Gaya; Sergio Busquets (captain), Koke, Pedri; Pablo Sarabia, Alvaro Morata, Ferran Torres
