Brazilian footballer Jacy Maranh\u00e3o was rushing to meet a sea of his supporters, ball in hand and jumping with joy, before he fell down a dark tunnel.<\/p>\n
The Corbita defender had just put his club 2-0 up against Chapecoense in the first half of a game in the Brazilian Serie A.<\/p>\n
But just as he found his footing again and dusted himself off from the fall, the referee halted the game.<\/p>\n
On review, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) found the 29-year-old’s goal was offside.<\/p>\n
Jacy managed to continue playing into the first few minutes of the second half before being substituted with an injury.<\/p>\n
The incident was not the first time a footballer had fallen foul of the tunnel at the Est\u00e1dio Major Ant\u00f4nio Couto Pereira.<\/p>\n
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Almost a decade earlier, Cameroonian forward Diederrick Joel Tagueu-Tadjo ran to the same end of the pitch, jumping over the same advertising hoardings before falling into the now-infamous Corbita tunnel.<\/p>\n
But unlike Jacy, his goal was not ruled out, and he managed to finish the game against S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n
But according to Brazilian journalist Leonardo Mendes Jr, there was a striking similarity to the two incidents.<\/p>\n