On 13 March 2011 River Plate hosted Vélez Sársfield in the fifth round of the Clausura 2011 tournament. The home side were unbeaten in their first four games and their rookie goalkeeper 20 year old Leandro Chichizola hadn't conceded a single goal. After 395 minutes without conceding a goal Chichizola finally let one in and he had nobody to blame but himself after gifting the ball to Vélez striker Santiago Silva.
Mariano Pavone equalised for River in the second half but Santiago Silva scored again late in the game to give Vélez a 1-2 away win.
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To be fair to him, Nicolás Cambiasso could never have been expecting such a long range backpass, however it is still no excuse for what happened next in this game between divisional new boys Quilmes and All Boys in the 16th round of the Apertura 2010 tournament in the Argentine Primera Division 2010-11 season.
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You have to feel a bit sorry for the Sinop goalkeeper in this clip, it was raining heavily, the pitch was covered in standing water and the floodlights didn't seem to be working properly, however it is still hard to fathom how he misjudged the flight of the ball so badly in this game against Opérario in the Copa Mato Grosso which finished 2-1 to Sinop.
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Eccentric Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita used to play as a goalkeeper/sweeper. In World Cup 1990 he got well and truly found out by Cameroon's Roger Milla.
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Fans of Argentine club River Plate have another moment etched into their collective memory. The occasion was the first leg of the 1995 Copa Libertadores semi-final. River had knocked out the holders, fellow Argentine side Vélez Sársfield in the quarter finals to set up their 8th Libertadores semi-final (they currently hold the record for the most semi final appearances with 13, but they've lost 9 of them).
Unfortunately for Nacional, Higuita had an absolute stinker of a game in the first leg of the final against Grêmio of Brazil, in which he was at fault for all three goals. Nacional could only draw their home leg 1-1 and were beaten 4-2 on aggregate.
