An Estonian football team produced a rare feat by taking a 1-0 lead within 14 seconds...without touching the ball.
Paide Linnameeskond, also known simply as Paide, suffered the unenviable calamity of putting the ball in the back of their net embarrassingly early when they travelled to the capital city of Tallinn to face Meistriliiga rivals Levadia Tallinn in their Estonian Cup round of 16 clash yesterday morning (NZT).
The two sides had both won their previous two matches heading into their domestic knockout cup showdown.
Levadia scored 3-0 and 2-1 wins over the lowly Nõmme United and league rivals Sillamäe Kalev, while Paide opened their campaign with a monstrous 27-0 shellacking over Rahvaliiga RL side Hiiu United, followed by a 7-3 romp over fourth division outfit Jõgeva SK Noorus-96.
Europa League candidates Levadia, currently sitting in second place in the Estonian top division, headed into the clash as favourites over their relegation threatened league rivals, but Paide could not have envisaged a worse start when defender Martin Kase passed the ball into his own goal 14 seconds after kickoff following a miscommunication with goalkeeper Magnus Karofeld.
