When a club saves its season thanks to... a diarrhoea outbreak ☠️

Well, this is unprecedented.

We never thought we’d write this one day, but yes, a football team really did save its season thanks to diarrhea.

Let’s head to Malaysia, where Green Streets was about to play its final match of the season, with the goal of avoiding relegation.

To do so, the team in eighth place had to avoid losing by at least four goals.

Then, just a few hours before kickoff, the match was canceled due to a (miraculous?) outbreak of diarrhea among the Green Streets squad.

As a result, they had to forfeit and thus conceded a loss by default. According to the rules of the Malaysian Football Federation, this default loss is only 2-0, so Green Streets avoided relegation.

Understandably, the particularly convenient timing of this outbreak within the squad absolutely outraged Club Valencia, who had won their last match and were hoping to stay up if Green Streets suffered a heavy defeat.

As reported by RMC Sport, despite an appeal filed by Club Valencia, the Malaysian federation decided to believe the evidence provided by Green Streets.

"The team traveled to the stadium, with officials and players, which proves our initial intention to play [...] Unfortunately, too many players were affected by the illness, which prevented us from fielding a team. At no point, however, did Green Streets deliberately decide to forfeit or manipulate the outcome of the match," the club explained.

In the end, Green Streets was fined just over €2,000 and given a transfer ban. As for Club Valencia, all they can do now is cry.

So, who do you believe in this story?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.