Video: Italy Eliminated From Women’s World Cup After Defender Kicks Ball Directly Into Her Own Net

Benedetta Orsi of 🇮🇹Italy’s World Cup women’s ⚽Soccer team entered the sports Hall of Shame Tuesday after her intended pass to 🇮🇹Italy’s goalkeeper rolled into her own team’s net.

The mistake gave a lift to the South African team, which was down 1-0 at the time and went on to knock 🇮🇹Italy out of the World Cup with a 3-2 victory.

🇮🇹Italy’s Elena Linari had kicked the ball over to Orsi, 23, who was being lightly guarded at the time by a South African player, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.

Then came a moment immortalized in video