{"id":143716,"date":"2018-06-20T09:57:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-own-goal-is-leading-scorer-after-17-games\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:57:30","slug":"world-cup-2018-own-goal-is-leading-scorer-after-17-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/world-cup-2018-own-goal-is-leading-scorer-after-17-games\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup 2018: ‘Own goal’ is leading scorer after 17 games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Harry Kane are among the players hoping to be top scorer at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n

But for now their main rival is... own goal.<\/p>\n

Otherwise known as "og" - own goal has so far scored for Iran, France, Croatia and Senegal. They've also popped up with one for the hosts, Russia.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo's three goals at the World Cup are closest to catching the five own goals scored after 17 games.<\/p>\n

The only tournament to have more own goals was France 1998, when there were six in the entire tournament - that's 64 games.<\/p>\n

Watch all five of own goal's goals in Russia so far below.<\/p>\n

Skip Twitter post by @RGonzalezCBS <\/p>\n

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There have been five own goals at the World Cup this year.
The record is six from 1998.
There are 47 matches left to go. 47!#WorldCup #OG4GoldenBoot<\/p>\n

\u2014 Roger Gonzalez (@RGonzalezCBS) June 19, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Skip Twitter post by @BleacherReport <\/p>\n

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The top scorer at the #WorldCup so far is...own goal pic.twitter.com\/dqETITrKjs<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 19, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Own goal's goals<\/h2>\n

Iran (v Morocco), 15 June<\/h2>\n
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Media captionAziz Bouhaddouz's injury-time own goal gifts Iran victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Own goal scored its first goal of World Cup 2018 when it took the guise of Moroccan forward Aziz Bouhaddouz.<\/p>\n

The substitute's diving header was a late winner for Iran in their opening match in Group B.<\/p>\n

The 1-0 win was Iran's second victory in World Cup history. Their other one came against the USA at France 1998.<\/p>\n

France (v Australia), 16 June<\/h2>\n
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Media captionDeflected Pogba goal puts France ahead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Own goal turned French next, scoring against Australia in their Group C opener.<\/p>\n

Australian defender Aziz Behich scored the goal, but didn't know much about it.<\/p>\n

He'd been trying to tackle Paul Pogba, but instead accidentally lobbed his own keeper.<\/p>\n

Again the goal was decisive, giving France a 2-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Croatia (v Nigeria), 16 June<\/h2>\n
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Media captionEtebo own goal gives Croatia the lead against Nigeria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nigerian midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo was the next player to score an own goal at Russia 2018.<\/p>\n

He turned a Luka Modric corner into his own net for Croatia's first goal in their 2-0 win in Group D.<\/p>\n

This one's probably the ugliest of own goal's goals, hitting at least two other players before ending up in the net.<\/p>\n

Senegal (v Poland), 19 June<\/h2>\n
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Media captionGueye's deflected shot gives Senegal the lead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senegal took the lead against Poland thanks to an own goal from Thiago Cionek.<\/p>\n

Senegalese midfielder Idrissa Gueye's shot took a huge deflection off the defender in their Group H game.<\/p>\n

The match finished 2-1 to Senegal.<\/p>\n

Russia (v Egypt), 19 June<\/h2>\n
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Media captionCalamitous Fathi own goal gives Russia lead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Og was again the opening scorer in this Group A game, this time helping Russia move a step closer to qualifying for the last 16.<\/p>\n

The ball went into Egypt's net off their own midfielder Ahmed Fathi, in a goal which BBC Sport called "bizarre".<\/p>\n

It didn't prove to be decisive as Russia ended up winning the game 3-1.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo is og's nearest rival at the tournament so far. <\/p>\n

He's scored three in just one game - a hat-trick in Portugal's 3-3 draw with Spain.<\/p>\n

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Media captionWorld Cup 2018: Portugal 3-3 Spain - watch all six goals in under a minute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Skip Twitter post by @Dictionarycom <\/p>\n

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Own goal: A goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his own team's net.
Also own goal: The mystery striker in this year's #WorldCup (so far). https:\/\/t.co\/mWc7HHKmwX<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) June 19, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We'll have to wait until the final on Sunday 15 July to see if own goal can pick up the tournament's golden boot - and if so, who would collect the prize on their behalf.<\/p>\n

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