When a goalkeepers mistake is forgiven by an empty-net miss

Vegalta Sendai were up 1-0 in the first half of their J-League match against defending champions Nagoya Grampus Eight when the losing home side's keeper, Yoshinari Takagi, came out of his area to collect the ball and took too long to clear it. This allowed Atsushi Yanagisawa to take the ball off him for a seemingly easy chance at a wide open net. But, he decided to shoot from outside the box instead of going in a bit closer and ended up putting his shot wide of the far post.

Yanagisawa fell over in shock, while Takagi quickly resumed play in the hopes that no one would remember his goof-up to start the series of goof-ups. In the end, the combination of flubs didn't matter, though, and Vegalta held on to win 1-0.