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It was a match like any other, a super favorite Tottenham visiting Shkendija at the start of the UEFA Europa League and winning 1-3, without major worries.
But coach José Mourinho and his goalkeeper Hugo Lloris discovered an uncomfortable detail minutes before the game: the goals were too small.
“Before the game it was a funny situation because my goalkeeper told me that the goal was small. I went to see and it was small. Goalkeepers spend all their time in them. I immediately felt that something was wrong and we managed to get the UEFA delegate in and it was 5 cm too small. We order bows of the correct dimensions, “said the Portuguese.
The coach shared images of his goalkeeper on Instagram reaching the bar just stretching: “I thought I had grown but then I realized that the goal was 5 centimeters lower,” he said.
Ifab Rule 1.10 says: “The distance between the inside of the posts is 7.32 m (8 yards) and the distance from the bottom edge of the crossbar to the ground is 2.44 m (8 feet). The posts and the crossbar must be white and have the same width and depth, not to exceed 12 cm (5 inches) “.
The judge verified the complaint and the bows were modified. In the end Tottenham beat Shkendija 3-1 with Dávinson Sánchez on the court and goals from Son Heung-min and Harry Kane. Things, in time, could be resolved.
