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Brazilian player falls into tunnel celebrating goal.
Video from Brazil shows a goalscorer vanishing over the advertising hoardings and dropping into the players' tunnel mid-celebration.
Footage shows Brazilian player Jacy Maranhão falling into the players' tunnel after jumping over advertising boards.
Background
Goal celebrations are governed by Law 12 of the Laws of the Game, written and maintained by the International Football Association Board. A player is cautioned for climbing perimeter fencing, for leaving the field of play to celebrate, or for removing the shirt over the head, regardless of whether the celebration causes any harm.
Players' tunnels at many stadiums are recessed below pitch level and open onto the touchline behind the advertising hoardings, which is why a hoarding that looks like a solid barrier from the stands can have a drop immediately behind it.
Football in Brazil is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, which runs the national teams and the national league system headed by the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
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Video from Brazil shows a goalscorer vanishing over the advertising hoardings and dropping into the players’ tunnel mid-celebration.
Footage shows Brazilian player Jacy Maranhão falling into the players’ tunnel after jumping over advertising boards.
Background
Goal celebrations are governed by Law 12 of the Laws of the Game, written and maintained by the International Football Association Board. A player is cautioned for climbing perimeter fencing, for leaving the field of play to celebrate, or for removing the shirt over the head, regardless of whether the celebration causes any harm.
Players’ tunnels at many stadiums are recessed below pitch level and open onto the touchline behind the advertising hoardings, which is why a hoarding that looks like a solid barrier from the stands can have a drop immediately behind it.
Football in Brazil is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, which runs the national teams and the national league system headed by the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
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