April 20, 2020

2020 EUROPEAN FAIR PLAY MOVEMENT “FAIR PLAY FLAME” Award (to an athlete or a team under 18) goes to BEKNAZ ALMAZBEKOV (KGZ)

Beknaz Almazbekov tripped over as he was dribbling into the box, but the referee awarded a spot kick after mistakenly believing he had been fouled. The 13-year-old stepped up to the ball and purposely sent his shot wide, missing intentionally to make up for the bad call.

The Under-14 captain of Galatasaray’s youth team has been widely praised for his reaction to wrongly being awarded a penalty. Knowing he hadn’t deserved the penalty or a likely goal, Almazbekov produced an amazing act of sportsmanship.