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Stefan Gartenmann Scores Long-Range No-Look Own Goal In Europa League Hammering

Stefan Gartenmann scored a no-look own goal from 25 yards as FC Midtjylland lost 4-0 to Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Europa League. Watch Gartenmann's own goal.

Robert Summerscales

Stefan Gartenmann Scores Long-Range No-Look Own Goal In Europa League Hammering
Stefan Gartenmann Scores Long-Range No-Look Own Goal In Europa League Hammering /

FC Midtjylland exited the UEFA Europa League on Thursday after a 4-0 hammering at home to Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting reached the last 16 courtesy of a 5-1 aggregate victory after Midtjylland had earned a creditable 1-1 draw in the first leg seven days earlier.

Midtjylland's bad night started when former Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates fired Sporting ahead in the 21st minute.

It got even worse for the Danish team before half-time when Paulinho was sent off for collecting two yellow cards.

Pedro Goncalves then struck twice after the interval to make it 3-0.

But the most memorable moment of the game arrived in the 85th minute when Stefan Gartenmann scored a spectacular own goal.

The Midtjylland defender beat his own keeper from 25 yards after failing to look before playing a back-pass.

FC Midtjylland defender Stefan Gartenmann pictured (center) scoring an own goal in a 4-0 loss to Sporting Lisbon in February 2023
FC Midtjylland defender Stefan Gartenmann pictured (center) scoring an own goal in his team's 4-0 loss to Sporting Lisbon / CBS Sports
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.