📸 Bum blocks goal! A 200 IQ free-kick trick up the arse | OneFootball

In the second group-stage match between Belgium and Iran, the underdogs were already celebrating. Only the assistant referee’s flag brought the festivities to an abrupt end. 

This free-kick routine without a happy ending definitely would have deserved wild celebrations. However, Haji Safi’s 200 IQ free kick went unrewarded. 

Instead of just blasting it from a central position 25 meters in front of the Belgian goal, the set-piece taker played in his striker Mehdi Taremi, who had broken away from the defenders at the height of the wall and finished with ice-cold composure. The Belgians were completely caught off guard. 

But the goal did not stand. Taremi was offside by a few centimeters with his backside. Seems the gluteus maximus had been trained a little too often. 

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