Swiss laugh at a wild own goal from the ÖFB legionnaire

Georg Margreitter

ÖFB legionnaire Georg Margreitter is causing a stir in Switzerland. He scored a wild own goal at his Grasshoppers Zurich.

1-1 against Lugano, both goals scored by the former LASK and Austria defender. Football Switzerland speaks primarily about the scene in the 51st minute. The 32-year-old straddled a back pass in front of his goalkeeper, heaved the leather into his own goal.

After the strange own goal, Margreitter made up for his hair-raising mistake and scored the 1-1 equalizer for the Grasshoppers in the 91st minute.

The Vorarlberger moved from FC Nürnberg to Switzerland in the summer.