It was the 93rd minute, Al Ahly was winning the game against Pyramids 2/1. Rami Rabea Al Ahly’s defender passed the ball back to his team’s goalkeeper and captain Mohamed El Shennawy who failed to control it in front of his goal giving it to Traore Pyramids' player an open chance for a very late equaliser costing Al Ahly 2 points that might have been crucial for the Egyptian league title this year.
El Shennawy, Al Ahly's captain and Egyptian team's no.1 goalkeeper is not the only keeper to make such a big mistake. Players make mistakes all the time, but when a goalkeeper makes one it is usually a disaster because it leads directly to a goal. Goalkeepers' mistakes and own goals are the trend of the ongoing Euro 2020 which includes 9 own goals, a record in tournament history, 4 of them came from goalkeepers.
Poland vs Slovakia
Wojciech Szczęsny, Poland and Juventus goalkeeper scored the first own goal by a goalkeeper in Euros history against Slovakia as the ball hit him after hitting the post which caused Poland's first defeat.
Finland vs Belgium
And in the tournament, Finland's goalkeeper Lukáš Hrádecký scores another own goal for Belgium after failing to deal with Thomas Vermaelen's header.
Spain
Spain in this Euro is involved in two comical own goals. The first one was for them in the group stages as Martin Dubravka, Slovakian goalkeeper, puts the ball in his own net ironically a few minutes after heroically saving a penalty in the same game.
The second one was against Spain and it came on randomly As Unai Simon the young Spanish goalkeeper failed to control a pass coming back from Pedri so it headed directly to his goal in a mistake nearly similar to El Shennawy's.