DTotD: Stepping on the ball and tackling yourself

Category: Football

Publish Date: 12-14-2011 12:59 PM -0500

Once the camera stops shaking, we see a player in red sprinting down the touchline with the ball at his feet and open space to run after beating a challenge from an opponent. He's like a gazelle -- flying up the pitch with grace and ease. And then he falls down, seemingly for no reason whatsoever (it looks like he stepped on the ball and slipped).

The ball goes out, his coaches can't help but laugh and he seems to have no idea what just happened. And that's the exact moment he decided to be an architect.

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