“How does this happen?!” : Fans baffled by bizarre goal scored by Leicester GOALKEEPER as he dribbles upfield before firing home winner
- Leicester’s under-21 team competed in the 2024 HKFC Soccer Seven tournament
- The Foxes won the tournament’s ‘Shield’ after their goalkeeper scored the winning goal
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Fans have been left baffled after a video of Leicester goalkeeper Brad Young scoring the winning goal in a match for the Foxes under-21 team went viral on social media.
Young, 22, joined Leicester from Hartlepool in 2021 and is a regular for their second team.
But, despite a short loan spell at Notts County in 2022, he is not well known outside the East Midlands.
However, that changed over the weekend after he remarkably scored the winner for Leicester in the HKFC Soccer Sevens Main Shield 2024 tournament final.
During the clash against Rangers, Young was seen wandering the pitch with the ball before blasting a fierce effort into the net, sparking big celebrations among his teammates as they lifted the trophy.
Fans have been left baffled after a video of Leicester goalkeeper Brad Young scoring the winning goal in a Foxes Under-21 team’s match against Rangers at the weekend went viral on social media .
Young was seen dribbling down the court with the ball during overtime as he headed toward the goal.
With the 22-year-old unchallenged by Rangers’ stars, he sparked a fierce push towards goal
And fans couldn’t believe what had happened as they expressed their disbelief at the goal.
One of them said, “Huh? ”, before another added: “How does this happen?! »
Another baffled supporter joked: “I’m SO confused by what’s happening in this video. Former #Notts player Brad Young has just scored the winner for Leicester… How and why was he allowed to shoot from there?
The HKFC Soccer Seven competition took place across the weekend in Hong Kong and, as well as a men’s tournament, there are women’s and masters editions.
The men’s event consisted of seven teams from Great Britain and local teams from Asia playing sevens-a-side matches over two fast-paced seven-minute halves.
Leicester first-team stars Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Hamza Choudhury are among those who have already featured in the tournament.
The Foxes were drawn in a group with Newcastle, Singapore Cricket Club and Tai Po, but despite this result they were knocked out in the quarter-final of the main tournament to eventual winners Brighton.
This meant they fell to the ‘Shield’, where they beat West Ham on penalties – with Young saving twice to take Leicester to the final.
After a 1-1 draw in regulation time against the Rangers, the clash headed into extra time.
Young’s effort paid off, meaning his team won the HKFC Soccer Sevens Main Shield tournament.
The goal sparked celebrations among his teammates, who ran onto the field to annoy Young.
Fans were left shocked by the 22-year-old Leicester goalkeeper’s bizarre goal.
However, tournament rules dictated that each team was reduced to four against four, while a “golden goal” rule applied, meaning whoever scored first would be declared the winner.
This explains why Young was miles away from the field and heading towards the Rangers goal as Leicester looked to score before the end of the four-minute period.
Young had already had an effort cleared off the line, before firing in the winner to become Leicester’s hero as they wrapped up the trophy with silverware.
