Brazilian footballer falls in tunnel after scoring disallowed goal
A Brazilian footballer has fallen into a stadium tunnel after celebrating a goal before it was disallowed. Almost a decade ago, another footballer fell into the same tunnel.
Brazilian footballer Jacy Maranhão experienced an unfortunate incident during a Corbita match in the Brazilian Serie A when he scored a disallowed goal. As the excited defender celebrated his goal in front of supporters, he took a leap into the tunnel, only to fall down it. Following the fall, the referee paused the game, and upon review, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) determined that Jacy's goal was offside.
Despite managing to continue playing for a few minutes of the second half, Jacy was eventually substituted due to an injury. This is not the first time a footballer has fallen into the Corbita tunnel; Cameroonian forward Diederrick Joel Tagueu-Tadjo had faced the same fate almost a decade earlier. Interestingly, both incidents share a striking similarity: the security guard attempting to stop the jump was the same individual in both cases.
Brazilian journalist Leonardo Mendes Jr. highlighted the eerie coincidence, emphasizing the repeated occurrence of this incident involving the tunnel.
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