Originally Posted by
Godfather
TIL about the 1994 Carribean CUp game between Barbados & Grenada. This is great, and sad.
You would think a basic winning tactic in football would be to end a game in regulation with a win.
Usually true, but an infamous game between Barbados and Grenada in 1994 turned logic upside-down.
Going into the last group game in a Caribbean Cup tournament, Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals to reach the final. A draw after 90 minutes would result in extra time whereas anything less than winning by two goals would see Grenada through to the final. The catch, however, was that the organisers had decided that in the case of extra time a golden goal would count as two goals.
Barbados took an early 2-0 lead, but Grenada made it 2-1 with seven minutes remaining.
One Barbadian striker realized that his team was unlikely to score another goal against Grenada with only a few minutes to go and Grenada playing adefensive tactic. Instead, he decided that their best chance of winning was to make the game go into extra time and score a golden goal, counting as two goals.
So he promptly powered the ball past his own stunned goalkeeper to make it 2-2.
Now, Grenada needed to score a goal—at either end—to avoid extra time and to go through to the final. The Grenada players, initially stunned by the goal and suddenly realizing what was going on, turned around and headed for their own net scoring on themselves.
With 7 minutes left, the Barbadians spent the rest of regulation trying to score on their own goal - while Grenada defended it.
In the end it went to OT and Barados won, but it was one of the greatest shit shows in sports history.