Na wa o! Di pre-season friendly match between Fulham and Malaga wey happen for Wednesday no be small play play. Di match wey dem call Costa del Sol Trophy end for style wey nobody expect, as Malaga take penalty enter empty net after Fulham don leave pitch.
Di trouble start for di last minute of normal time. Malaga equalise make am 2-2, when defender Calvin Bassey dem penalise for handball. Eneko Jauregi convert di penalty kick, but dat one na only di beginning of di chaos.
Former Real Madrid boss Alvaro Arbeloa, wey be di coach of Fulham now, get sent off for yarning with di referee at full-time. E and im players believe say di match don finish, so dem head straight down di tunnel. But Malaga players remain for pitch, expecting say dem go do penalty shootout to decide di winner of di trophy.
As di fans dey wait for shootout, striker Jauregi place di ball for penalty spot and score into empty net, before e go celebrate with im team-mates in front of di home crowd for Estadio La Rosaleda ground for southern Spain.
Fulham don come out say both sides agree before di match say no penalty shootout if e draw. “We can confirm say before di match, both teams agree say there no go be penalty shootout in case of draw,” Fulham write for X.
But Malaga for dem website talk say “Although we schedule penalty shootout, Fulham leave di pitch, claiming say no shootout dey inside di contract.” So di two clubs dey tell different story.
Fulham go conclude dia pre-season preparations against Stuttgart on Saturday.
