Video: Miserable fail at 'hand of god' goal

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Yang Xu

His side were already losing 3-1 when the 27-year-old attempted to push in the ball he had received from a set-piece with his hand.

Unfortunately it was not only a blatant handball, but he even failed to score hitting the post instead - and received a second yellow card leaving his side down to 10 men.

Yang Xu had previously scored his side's only goal of the match, bringing his total in this year's edition of the tournament up to three goals in two matches.

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