A video is getting circulated showing a football game where a team’s goalkeeper failed to stop a free kick, allowing the ball to enter the goal. There is a false rumour circulating that the goalkeeper avoided saving the ball because of match-fixing.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @DirtyFootbaIIer tweeted the video and claimed that the video shows match-fixing as the goalkeeper intentionally avoid saving the ball. The tweet was made on Nov 10, 2023, which has received an about 5.1M views on X.
If this isn’t match fixing I don’t know what is 🤣 pic.twitter.com/SMNrKbuOMg
— Dirty Footballer 👊 (@DirtyFootbaIIer) November 10, 2023
What is the Actual Truth About the Video? : Fact
In actuality, it was an indirect free kick; if the kick enters the goal without coming into contact with a player, a goal kick is given. The goalkeeper avoided to save it and was rewarded a goal kick because the ball did not touch any player on the way to the goal.
The basics rules of the game is published in an article, from which it can be clear, that, according to the rules, the game was followed.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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— D-Intent Data (@dintentdata) November 10, 2023
ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video of a football match being played where the goalkeeper of a team didn't try to stop a free kick,and the ball went into the goal. It's been spreading with a misleading claim that due to match-fixing, goalkeeper avoid saving the ball.(1/3) pic.twitter.com/rJcmdFBbSJ
Intent:
Account with no football knowledge trying to spread out of context videos and get impressions on social media. Many users have claimed on the social media that the video of the football match shows that the goalkeeper of one team did not attempt to stop a free kick, and the ball went into the goal. A false claim has been spreading that goalkeepers avoid saving the ball due to match-fixing. But, seeing the proper rules of the game, we have discovered that, it was an indirect free kick, and a goal kick is awarded if the indirect kick goes into the goal before touching another player. Because the ball did not touch any players on its way to the goal, the goalkeeper was unable to save it and was awarded a goal kick.
Conclusion:
Claim : A football match was captured on camera, and during a free kick, the ball entered the goal without the goalkeeper of the team trying to stop it. Misleading rumours have been going around claiming that the goalkeeper avoid saving the ball because of match-fixing.
Fact : It was, after all, an indirect free kick, and a goal kick is given if the kick enters the goal before it touches another player. It was rewarded with a goal kick because the ball did not come into contact with any players on its way to the goal and thus, the goalkeeper avoided saving it.
