Comments on: Your Own Worst Enemy? http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2009/05/12/your-own-worst-enemy/ For unbelievable true sports stories and believable false ones! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:34:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian Cronin http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2009/05/12/your-own-worst-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Brian Cronin Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:43:22 +0000 http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/?p=300#comment-492 You are absolutely correct, Juan. I'd have featured that one, but I believe Snopes.com already did a piece on that game, and I don't like repeating their pieces. Here's the piece they did on it! http://www.snopes.com/sports/soccer/barbados.asp You are absolutely correct, Juan.

I’d have featured that one, but I believe Snopes.com already did a piece on that game, and I don’t like repeating their pieces.

Here’s the piece they did on it!

http://www.snopes.com/sports/soccer/barbados.asp

]]> By: Juan Rivera http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2009/05/12/your-own-worst-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Juan Rivera Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:40:09 +0000 http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/?p=300#comment-451 There is an older match where something more bizarre happened: In 1994, in a match for the Caribbean Cup Tournament, Barbados went against Granada. In that particular year, it was decided that if the match ended in a tie, a golden goal in extra time would count as two goals in the standings. Barbados needed to win by two or more goals to advance, and was winning 2-0 when, with seven minutes remaining Granada scored and went 2-1. Barbados needed two scenarios to advance: 1) Score one goal to win 3-1. 2) Or go to extra time, score and win 4-2 for standing purposes. As we can see, Barbados needed to score one goal ON EITHER SIDE. And they did, on their own goal. The Granada team realizing this, tried to do the same, and for the remaining minutes Granada tried to score on any goal, and Barbados was defending both of them. Barbados' gambit eventually paid off, as they scored in extra time. There is an older match where something more bizarre happened: In 1994, in a match for the Caribbean Cup Tournament, Barbados went against Granada. In that particular year, it was decided that if the match ended in a tie, a golden goal in extra time would count as two goals in the standings. Barbados needed to win by two or more goals to advance, and was winning 2-0 when, with seven minutes remaining Granada scored and went 2-1.

Barbados needed two scenarios to advance:
1) Score one goal to win 3-1.
2) Or go to extra time, score and win 4-2 for standing purposes.

As we can see, Barbados needed to score one goal ON EITHER SIDE.

And they did, on their own goal. The Granada team realizing this, tried to do the same, and for the remaining minutes Granada tried to score on any goal, and Barbados was defending both of them.

Barbados’ gambit eventually paid off, as they scored in extra time.

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