Video: Chinese National Games witness the best own goal of the year

Getting to this a little late, but it’s worth a look. Chris Brass’ broken nose classic still ranks as the best own goal of all time, but this is pretty impressive.

At the recent Chinese National Games, teams from Liaoning and Xinjiang combined to produce this moment of magic.

It has all the ingredients: the scuffed clearance, the ricochet, the deflection, the whiffed miskick – and, of course, the stunned reactions followed by the embarrassment of realizing that it has been broadcast to the nation on CCTV-5.

It doesn’t really matter, but for the record, Xinjiang players are the ones doing the scoring (against themselves). Another fine, fine moment for Chinese soccer.