Own Goal Downs Snakebitten Peruvian Soccer Team

Peru's Union Comercio could be described as Latin America’s unluckiest soccer team after going through a comedy of errors in their three league matches this month.

First there was the blunder committed earlier this month by goalkeeper Juan Flores against Sporting Cristal.  While trying to waste time in early in the scoreless match he coughed up the ball to a rival player for the opening goal in what ended up as a 2-0 loss.

One week later, the San Martin-based side played a home match against Universitario when defender Renzo Reanos kicked the ball in anger at a referee’s decision.  Unfortunately for him, his shot ended up in hs own team’s net for an own goal that ended up being the lone goal of the match.

The latest defensive lapse by “El Poderoso del Alto Mayo” occurred last Sunday against Leon de Huanuco.  As you can see in the video below, the Union backline misplayed a low cross to concede an own goal from close range:

Joaquin Lencinas’s error led to another 1-0 defeat for Union and left the team in the penultimate position among the sixteen top division teams.