Footballer's clever celebration backfires - Yahoo! Eurosport UKVancouver Whitecaps star Eric Hassli was left with egg on his face when his plan to pull off a comic goal celebration led to him being sent off.
The Frenchman wanted to celebrate scoring a goal for his new side in style, so after slotting in a 55th minute penalty against the New England Revolution on Wednesday he ran up to the home supporters and took his shirt off before throwing it into the crowd.
Having already been booked in the match he knew he would ordinarily have risked a sending off for such an act - but Hassli thought he would be safe thanks to his cunning plan of wearing a second, identical shirt underneath.
I thought it was a genius idea Shouldn't of been sent off.