Shot goalkeeper completes match
An amateur goalkeeper in Bosnia has been shot during a match.
An amateur goalkeeper in Bosnia has been shot during a match.
However, he played the full 90 minutes and appeared to be unaware of the bullet in his cranium.
The goalkeeper did have a sore head, but assumed that the pain stemmed for a collision with a goal-post.
The goalie later also experienced difficulty speaking and was then taken to hospital.
The bullet was surgically removed and the goalkeeper is in a stable condition.
A man has been arrested for firing a bullet into the air.
It is believed he did so at a wedding celebration near the soccer pitch where the wounded goalkeeper was playing.
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