In line with what happened on Wednesday at the game of the Libertadores Cup Come in River plate Y Santa Fe, in which a midfielder had to be the goalkeeper of the Argentine team due to the numerous casualties in the squad (20) due to coronavirus, different but similar situations have been recalled. In this case a River The issue came out well for him, as he ended up winning 2-1. Logically nothing is comparable to that of Enzo Perez, who had to start, played injured and had no possibility of being substituted.
Without going any further, another curious case occurred in Argentina on September 3, 2012. During the fifth day of the Apertura Tournament, Racing de Avellaneda he received San Martín de San Juan. With 3-1 in favor on the scoreboard and the substitutions exhausted, the referee sent off goalkeeper Riaño and signaled a penalty. It was the 87th minute. The midfielder and captain Agustin Pelletieri He got under sticks and stopped Gastón Caprari the maximum penalty.
In the following video you can see that play:
Other field players closer to European football who served as goalkeepers and that the portal has collected 'you ask' were, for example, John Terry, Samuel Eto’o, Rio Ferdinand and Álvaro Arbeloa.
Thus, the one that was central to the Chelsea had to get under sticks in a 2006-07 game against Reading in which Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini left injured. Having no more changes, José Mourinho put Terry as goalkeeper. He didn't have much work.
It happened to Eto’o in 2003 when he played in the Majorca and in a match against Athletic Club de Bilbao. They scored a goal from the penalty spot.
Rio Ferdinand, meanwhile, served as goalkeeper in a 2008 FA Cup match against Porstmouth in which he received a penalty goal and the Manchester United lost. Edwin van der Sar's injury and Kuszczak's expulsion led to that circumstance.
As for Arbeloa, it happened in a friendly meeting of the Spanish selection against South Africa. Víctor Valdés had to leave and the Real Madrid side stood in goal until a FIFA delegate allowed Pepe Reina to come off the bench.
Outside of Europe, another case that the web cites was that of Guido Pizarro in a match played between Chivas and Tigres of the Mexican 2015 Apertura. After the expulsion of Nahuel Guzmán and with all the changes already made, Pizarro was placed under the sticks and even made a good save on a free kick.