Villarreal Gives Up An AWFUL Own Goal In The 95th Minute To Blow A Win Against Atletico Madrid, Coaches Promptly Get Into A Brawl In The Tunnel

We got absolute madness over in Spain with Villarreal and Atletico Madrid. It started with this own goal. Listen, I post own goals quite a bit and this is up there with one of the worst ones, mostly because it comes in the 95th minute to blow a lead. You don't see that really ever, especially at this sort of level. Just further proving my number 1 law in soccer, stop passing it back to the goalie. Just fucking clear it and stop trusting goalies. This isn't even on the goalie, this is just an awful play. No other way to put it. Oh and who is in charge of Villarreal? You might remember the name. Former Arsenal manager Unai Emery. Think we should just give Arsenal another loss for this. Speaking of Arsenal, no real reason, quick check on the EPL table. 

Just beautiful. Now back to Spain. Not only did Villarreal blow the lead, there also was an apparent brawl in the tunnel (no video unfortunately) between coaches. (h/t The Sun)

Match referee Soto Grado reported that the two teams clashed in the tunnel, with both players and coaches getting involved.

According to AS, the referee's report said Atletico coach Pedro Tomas Renones Crego 'hit a member of the visiting coaching staff' as the two teams confronted off the pitch.

As well as that incident, Emery's Villarreal assistant Imanol Idiakez confronted Atletico players and staff 'aggressively and had to be held by members of his team.'

There are also claims a coach was punched in the mouth.

You can't be losing the fight and the game. I know technically they didn't lose the game, but a tie there is just as bad. You have to win the fight. But really this is just bullshit there is no video. It's 2021. How do we not have cameras in the tunnels? How did someone not sneak back there and film it. This is what we live on during this era of the Internet. Everyone in the world has a camera on their phone, just pull it out, get a little video and post it. Boom, a million likes. 

In terms of sports brawls though, nothing beats coaches getting into it. Players I understand. You get a couple tough fouls, tempers flair all that good stuff. Coaches? There's no reason for assistant coaches to be throwing hands, but that's what makes it the best. You got a couple screws loose if you're an assistant coach and looking to scrap in the tunnel. Your job is typically to focus on one side of the ball. Brutal day for Villarreal.