Goalkeeper left baffled as early celebration instantly backfires during penalty shootout

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A very important lesson for all goalkeepers to remember during a penalty shootout: Never celebrate too early.Unfortunately for Jordan’s goalkeeper though, he had clearly never been taught that before the Under-23 Asian Cup.Suleiman celebrated a penalty save during a tense shootoutTV360But seconds later, the ball bounced into the net and he was left baffledTV360In a bizarre moment during Jordan’s quarter-final against Japan on Friday, Abdel Rahman Suleiman was left completely baffled.After a tense 120 minutes, neither side could find a crucial winner and the game went to penalties following a 1-1 draw.Japan scored their first spot-kick before Jordan missed theirs, giving their opponents the chance to go 2-0 up. However, Suleiman superbly dived to his right to acrobatically save the next penalty, giving his nation a lifeline.But did he really? Incredibly, after he had jumped to his feet and punched the air in jubilant celebration, the ball bounced and spun backwards. As the ball was in the air, the Japanese penalty taker watched closely as he noticed it was going to drop back down. Suleiman then noticed it too, but it was too late, with him turning to see the net rippling behind him.He was left standing in disbelief before awkwardly walking around the box and looking at the referee.The Japanese players then celebrated the goal as they extended their lead, with the Jordanian goalkeeper shocked.Suleiman saved the penalty brilliantly down to his rightTV360But the ball rebounded back into the goal and Japan scoredTV360The goalkeeper then awkwardly stood in shock, staring at the refereeTV360He was then forced to slowly wander over to the side of the goal to let the penalty shootout continue.Japan would go on to win the shootout 4-2 and progress through to the semi-finals of the U23 Asian Cup.The tournament is taking place in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam are also through to the semis, with the final set for January 24.‘That’s just brutal’The awkward moment not only left Suleiman baffled, but it left all the fans watching on in disbelief too.One fan wrote: “Was watching live and rolling off my chair lol.”Another said: “Lmao, the look on the Japanese shooter’s face when he sees the ball coming down again…”Fans were left baffled by the bizarre moment at the U23 Asian Cup“That’s just brutal,” a third posted on social media.“Ah, that’s tough,” a fourth fan said in defence of the goalkeeper. “He barely had time to react to that, to be fair.”“Even the scoreboard gave it a miss,” said another, who noticed that on-screen TV graphics changed to red rather than green.