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This might be the worst soccer miss of all time

Junior Malanda was a yard out and in the center of the goal. He missed.

Oliver Hardt

Junior Malanda is a professional footballer. A real professional club, that pays real money, and plays in the real Bundesliga, employs him. And he missed the net -- on what would have been the tying goal -- from a yard out.

All of the legitimate excuses for missing from there are listed below:

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Malanda needs a hug. So many hugs. And a serious “WHAT THE HELL, DUDE!?”

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