Article by David Marinescu – Published Friday, October 31, 2025, 9:12 p.m. / Updated Friday, October 31, 2025, 9:12 p.m.
An incredible scene unfolded in the Coppa Italia di Eccellenza match between Taranto and Acquaviva as the home side scored a goal from their own half after a player attempted to return the ball to the opposition goalkeeper in the spirit of fair play.
The match ended with the victory of the home team, score 5-1, but at the score 3-1, a rare situation occurred in football.
Incredible situation in Italy in Taranto – Acquaviva: wanted to be fair play, but scored and the “central” validated the goal
Specifically, one of Taranto's players tried to return the ball to the opposing team, who had previously sent it into the box, from about 60 meters away, but it lobbed the goalkeeper and the ball ended up in the net.
The ball was put back from the out, reached Derosa, and he shot right from his own half. The high ball caught the goalkeeper from Acquaviva uncovered, and the ball entered the goal.
According to antennasud.com, at that moment the Acquaviva bench exploded, and the players cornered the “central” Federico Regina. They protested, but the referee validated the goal. The atmosphere became even more tense, and the Italian press wrote that there was even a conflict between the antenors of the two formations. According to the quoted source, the conflict completely broke the game, hostilities continued for several minutes.
By the end of the match, Taranto scored once more in Acquaviva's goal, thus achieving a 5-1 victory.
Although it was a match with 6 goals, the score was opened only in the 50th minute by the same Derosa, who in the 70th minute made the “double”. Aguilera, Losavio and Konate also scored for those from Taranto. Guglielmi scored for Acquaviva, just 4 minutes after entering the field.
