Goalkeepers substituted for playing badly: Kinsky joins Lehmann and Foderingham in ranks of brutal early exits | OneFootball

Being substituted in the first half is a demoralising moment for any footballer, but for Antonin Kinsky, it will have hurt that little bit more this week.

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Igor Tudor made the decision to withdraw his goalkeeper just 17 minutes into the club's 5-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid, with Spurs trailing 3-0.

Kinksy had been at fault for two goals, slipping as he attempted to clear a ball for the opener, before making a mess of a pass to gift Julian Alvarez an open goal for the third.

It was a nightmareChampions League debut for the Czech, who had been drafted in as a replacement for the under-fire Guglielmo Vicario.

Rather than take his chance, a disastrous performance contributed to a club-record sixth straight loss for Spurs in all competitions.

First-half substitution are rare without injuries, and even rarer when it comes to goalkeepers. It has, however, happened before.

Long before his time as an Invincible atArsenal, German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann suffered the shock (and embarrassment) of being brought off before the break.

Lehmann was hauled off after two mistakes inAC Milan's clash with Cagliari in 1998. After an error for the opener, he brought down Roberto Muzzi to concede a penalty. He wasn't even given the chance to redeem himself, with Sebastiano Rossi on to replace him before the kick had been taken.

Rossi saved the spot-kick from the fouled Muzzi, but Cagliari saw out their 1-0 win. Lehmann made only five league appearances for Milan during a sorry season at the San Siro before returning to Germany with Borussia Dortmund. His career picked up from there...

Slightly later, but still subbed early, was former Leeds goalkeeper Paul Rachubka. He made it to the half-time whistle, but did not reappear with Leeds 5-0 down to Blackpool at the interval in 2011.

Elsewhere, Jose Molina also got the curly finger at half-time during a famous2004 Champions League tie between Deportivo La Coruna and AS Monaco. The Spanish side had shipped five goals before the break in the principality, and Molina's night was done. Deportivo lost 8-3.

Finally, Swindon Town's Wes Foderingham was furious after being taken off just 20 minutes into his side's clash with Preston in 2012. The eccentric Paulo Di Canio curtailed Foderingham's day, with the goalkeeper 'the hinges off the door on the way down the tunnel'.

Di Canio, unsurprisingly, did not mince his words in the aftermath: “He was one of the worst players I have ever seen. Out there he behaved as the worst professional, arrogant, ignorant athlete I have ever seen". Ouch.