BRUSSELS: Defender Thomas Vermaelen has not had much playing time for Belgium in recent years, never mind scored, so the disappointment of not being credited with a goal against Finland at Euro 2020 on Monday was still rankling 24 hours later.
"Honestly speaking, at the moment it went in, I thought it was my goal but I didn’t spend the rest of the game worrying about it," the 35-year-old Vermaelen, who debuted in 2006 for his country and has 83 caps, told a news conference on Tuesday. "It was goal we made ourselves, not one that was the fault of the opponent. It was a perfect corner delivered by Kevin and I headed it in the direction of the goal. So, that it is officially, an own goal is a pity," he said.Own goals are one of football's biggest grey areas and are not mentioned in the Laws of the Game, not even in the glossary of football terms.
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