Beat that: Keeper moves goalposts during a match

IFK Goteborg goalkeeper Kim Christensen could be in hot water after moving the posts during a Swedish first division game in order to make the goal smaller.

The Danish goalkeeper was caught by TV cameras pushing the posts toward each other before a match against Orebro.

Referee Stefan Johannesson spotted the posts had been moved a few centimetres about 20 minutes into the game and pushed them back into the right place.

Christensen later said he had done the same thing before several other games.

He was spotted using his feet to push the bottom of each post slightly inwards.

The Swedish Football Association is investigating the incident.

“I have never heard anything like this before,” said Swedish FA’s disciplinary chief Kheneth Tallinger. “It’s unique.”

Two-time Uefa Cup champion IFK Goteborg drew Orebro 0-0 and top the table with 47 points on better goal difference than AIK of Stockholm suburb Solna with only a few games remaining.

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Posted by Bilal Sulehri on Sep 25 2009. Filed under Football, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry