‘He just didn’t fancy it did he’: Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara’s attempt to save Sebastien Haller’s goal leaves fans baffled as the shotstopper’s howler allows the Ivory Coast forward to open the scoring in 2-2 draw
- Sierra Leone snatched a point against the Ivory Coast in their Group E clash
- Forward Sebastien Haller opened the scoring for the Ivorians after 25 minutes
- But fans were baffled by Mohamed Kamara’s attempt to save Haller’s shot
- The Leone Stars equalised in stoppage time thanks to another goalkeeping error
Fans have been left baffled by Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara’s attempt to save Sebastien Haller’s effort in the Africa Cup of Nations Group E game.
The shotstopper had a howler as Haller easily found the net to open the scoring 25 minutes into the game.
Wilfried Zaha’s outstanding pass found Haller who slipped past the back-pedalling Sierra Leone defence but Kamara stumbled in the wrong direction as he appeared to make no attempt to block the Ajax man’s shot.
Fans have been left baffled by Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara’s (right) attempt to save Ivory Coast forward Sebastien Haller’s shot
Wilfried Zaha’s outstanding pass found Haller (left) who slipped past the defence to score
Kamara appeared to stumble in the wrong direction as Haller fired his shot
Sierra Leone eventually snatched a point from the fixture after a monumental error from Ivory Coast goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare at the other end of the pitch.
Ali Sangare dropped the ball in stoppage time after it was headed back to him. As a result, Alhaji Kamara was able to score Sierra Leone’s equaliser.
Ali Sangare also managed to injure himself, forcing Serge Aurier to go in goal for the Ivory Coast as they lost their lead to draw the game 2-2.
Ivory Coast goalkeeper Badra Ali Sangare made a monumental error during their clash with Sierra Leone and fans can’t stop talking about it
Ali Sangare also managed to injure himself, forcing Serge Aurier to go in goal for the Ivory Coast as they lost their lead to draw the game 2-2
But fans couldn’t stop commenting on Kamara’s bizarre antics in goal that led to the opener.
Football fans took to social media as they jokingly likened the attempt to a ‘Year 7 facing a Year 11’.
‘Keeper acting like a year 7 in goal up against a year 11 about to shoot from 6 yards,’ one fan posted.
While, another compared it to playing in goal in a five-a-side match, saying: ‘When you’ve been in goal for more than 5 minutes at 5s.’
The shotstopper appeared to make no attempt to block the Ajax man’s shot
Others were stunned into disbelief as they questioned where the glovesman thought he was going.
‘What was the keeper doing,’ queried one, while another wrote: ‘Where was the keeper going here?’
One fan claimed that Kamara did not fancy making the save and another simply joked that the goalkeeper intently moved away from the shot as they commented: ‘”I’m moving away from that!”‘
Football fans were stunned into disbelief as they questioned the goalkeerper’s antics
The error was made even more shocking by the fact it came after Kamara had impressed between the posts in the tournament until that point.
Just 13 minutes before the goal, Kamara had denied the Ivory Coast an opener from the spot as he produced a great save to block AC Milan’s Franck Kessie’s penalty.
Kamara had previously been hailed as ‘unplayable’ as he was named Man of the Match in the Leone Stars’ opening game against Algeria.
His heroics between the sticks saw his side earn a superb point and clean sheet, and to little surprise, the stopper celebrated the result as if were a victory at full-time.
The 22-year-old was later named the man of the match in the surprise stalemate, thanks to a brave display which saw him frustrate one of the tournament’s favourites.
The error came after Kamara had pulled off a superb save to deny Franck Kessie from the spot