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Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic scored from his own penalty area to the opposite goal in 2013. Wind helped, ball bounced in.
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Goalkeeper Asmir Begovic scored from his own penalty area to the opposite goal in 2013. Wind helped, ball bounced in.
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