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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

‘The big guy’ lights up another chaotic European night and saves Mourinho

Anatoliy Trubin celebrates after scoring for Benfica against Real Madrid
Anatoliy Trubin looking like someone who know a thing or two about knee-slides. Photograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images

JEEPERS KEEPERS

Football fans are used to seeing a goalkeeper charge upfield for a set piece in the last few minutes of a game. Jan Tomaszewski, the Polish “clown” who denied England a place at the 1974 World Cup, may have been the first to do so, and it has become normalised in the 21st century. On Wednesday in Lisbon, there was a new twist on an old tactic. In the 98th minute, Benfica keeper Anatoliy Trubin legged it upfield – at a time when his team were leading Real Madrid.

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