WHERE better to score the longest headed goal ever than in the Land of the Rising Sun?
Not that Ryujiro Ueda of second division @#$iano Okayama had to rise too far on Sunday.
When Yokohama FC keeper Kentro Seki launched a goal kick into @#$iano's half, he assumed that was the last he'd see of the ball for a while.
Just inside his own half, lanky Ueda stepped forward to make a clearance and there still didn't appear to be too much danger as his header looped back towards Yokohama's goal.
But hapless Seki underestimated the pace of the ball and one bounce... two bounce... three bounces later it had nestled into the back of his net.
Ueda's effort is the latest contender to be a world record, following on from Jone Samuelsen's long-range strike for Odd Grenland in Norway's first division two months ago.
Samuelsen's goal was listed as being from a distance of 57 yards - but Ueda has now headed himself into the record books having added a yard to that distance.
WHERE better to score the longest headed goal ever than in the Land of the Rising Sun?
Not that Ryujiro Ueda of second division @#$iano Okayama had to rise too far on Sunday.
When Yokohama FC keeper Kentro Seki launched a goal kick into @#$iano's half, he assumed that was the last he'd see of the ball for a while.
Just inside his own half, lanky Ueda stepped forward to make a clearance and there still didn't appear to be too much danger as his header looped back towards Yokohama's goal.
But hapless Seki underestimated the pace of the ball and one bounce... two bounce... three bounces later it had nestled into the back of his net.
Ueda's effort is the latest contender to be a world record, following on from Jone Samuelsen's long-range strike for Odd Grenland in Norway's first division two months ago.
Samuelsen's goal was listed as being from a distance of 57 yards - but Ueda has now headed himself into the record books having added a yard to that distance.
Source: The Sun