First XI

Off the ball

October 10, 2012
By Robin Hackett
After Robin van Persie and Robert Huth were involved in off-the-ball incidents at the weekend, we pick out a selection of some of the most memorable from history.

Ricardo Zamora (SPAIN 2-0 Italy, 1920 Olympic Games)

At the 1920 Olympics in Belgium, Spain goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora would earn recognition as the world's finest goalkeeper for the first time at the age of just 19.

However, there was another side to him. He had excelled in a dead rubber match against Italy ...

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