Two weeks ago, Moroccan goalkeeper Khalid Askri earned his 15 minutes of infamy when he thumped his chest and gestured to the crowd while a penalty kick he thought he'd saved spun back into the net behind him.On Saturday, apparently determined to become more than a fleeting internet punchline, Askri topped himself. This time, yielding a silly goal wasn't enough.
Distraught over his own error during the first half of a Moroccan league game between his FAR Rabat side and visiting KAC Kenitra, Askri ripped off his jersey, tossed it to the ground and sprinted from the field with the sort of open-field running usually seen from the likes of Adrian Peterson or Barry Sanders.
Several teammates tried to grab Askri and calm him down, but the goalie would have none of it and disappeared into a tunnel at FAR's Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. FAR presumably then brought in a substitute goalie.
Kenitra's 40th-minute goal, which turned out to be the only one of the game, was scored when Askri dribbled the ball straight into an opposing player who then touched it past him into the open goal. It was a bad mistake, but certainly nothing unheard of. But coming just two games after his legendary shootout gaffe, it obviously was too much for the fragile 29-year-old goalie to handle.
FAR is now 1-1-2 and in sixth place in the Moroccan first division. There's no word about whether Askri will be in goal for FAR's next game on Thursday.
Here's the video of Askri's mad dash for freedom from Saturday, followed by the scene from the shootout two weeks ago:
source: funhouse
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