After one season down in the second tier of English soccer — the Championship — Fulham are heading back to the Premier League thanks to a 2-1 win over Brentford in Tuesday’s promotion playoff at Wembley.
For much of the match, the final promotion spot in the Premier League looked destined to be decided by penalties. But in the 15th minute of extra time, Fulham found its breakthrough with the help of some hilariously bad goalkeeping.
As Fulham’s Joe Bryan sent his free-kick attempt towards goal, Brentford goalkeeper David Raya got an awfully late read on the bouncing attempt and didn’t start his save attempt until the ball was in the net.
Joe Bryan gives his team the lead with a WILD free kick!
Fulham are just minutes from the Premier League 🙌 pic.twitter.com/r1NLPludMU
— ESPN (@espn) August 4, 2020
Like, this wasn’t even close.
Fans watching the match had a great time roasting Raya’s effort on Twitter.
DAVID RAYA AM I RITE pic.twitter.com/9jRVza8BMn
— BINKY (@BinksLeeds) August 4, 2020
— Danny Page (@DannyPage) August 4, 2020
Best part is he doesn't even dive until the ball is past him. Embarrassing. https://t.co/TPHajZExf3 pic.twitter.com/BwwmMm2yZH
— Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) August 4, 2020
Where is Raya diving after the ball went past 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ss1j2Dvte5
— Dan (@danliv9) August 4, 2020
DAVID RAYA WHAT ARE YOU DOING #BREFUL #FulhamFC pic.twitter.com/Pw9qwinyMo
— Leeds Fans tweets that aged terribly (@bad_leeds) August 4, 2020
OH MY GOD THIS IS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET PROMOTED pic.twitter.com/cF0VpJ7y63
— Ryan Rosenblatt (@RyanRosenblatt) August 4, 2020
Horrible from the keeper, I had to watch this a few times when it happened to make sure it actually happened https://t.co/2TTjkj4V41
— Thomas McLaughlin (@TJMcLaughlin16) August 4, 2020
David de Raya more like
— Andy Ha (@AndyHa_) August 4, 2020
Bryan would add a second goal later in the match to lock up Fulham’s spot in the Premier League.
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