South Sudanese Footballer Inexplicably Stops Own Team from Scoring in Canada Premier League

• The Canadian Premier League recently produced the most bewildering moment of the weekend
• Valour FC forward William Akio somehow denied his team what looked like a certain goal after an inexplicable gaffe
• Thankfully, Valour FC still managed to pick up all three points in the game thanks to a goal from Moses Dyer

There was an incredible moment in the Canadian Premier League recently as a player inexplicably stopped his own team from scoring.

William Akio was the culprit of the day as he somehow stopped the ball from going in just when his team looked to have gone ahead.

Winnipeg-based Valour came up against HFX Wanderers on Sunday, July 10 in a crunch match between fifth and sixth in the league.

While the game was fairly routine, the miss from Akio managed to capture the world’s attention, with many fans baffled at how such a miss could occur in the first place.

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Footage of the incident has since been shared by Canada Premier League and it gets more unbelievable the more you watch it.

At the time of the incident, the scores were locked at 0-0 and in the 18th minute, Valour created a golden chance for themselves.

The ball was then fired into the penalty area from the left-hand flank and one Alessandro Riggi was the target man.

Opposition goalkeeper Christian Oxner tried to quell the ball, but Riggi managed to get a shot away which squirmed past Oxner and the ball was on its way to crossing the line.

Riggi’s momentum took him inside the net and he could do nothing to follow up on his shot, and as the ball was creeping in, up stepped Akio, who seemed to clear the ball.

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From the clip, the commentator is equally as baffled as he can be heard saying:

"I don't think I've ever seen that before," said the bemused commentator as he watched a replay. "That is clearly going in. He's kept that out himself."

Fans who watched the footage online are now calling on investigations into the incident.

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