5 Strangest Football Matches of All Time

#2 AS Adema vs SO l'Emyrne (2002)

Every football fan loves a high scoring game as it makes the game much more exciting and captivating. The game between Malagasy clubs AS Adema and SO l'Emyrne on 31st October 2002 saw a total of 149 goals being scored; however, all these were own-goals scored by SOE to protest refereeing decisions in the previous match that saw them lose the league title.

The controversy sparked off in SOE's penultimate game against DSA Antananarivo which ended as a 2-2 draw after the referee awarded a late and disputed penalty to the latter. This meant the league title went to AS Adema and SOE in their final game of the four-team round-robin play-off made their resentment pretty clear as they deliberately scored 149 own-goals.

Following the match, SOE coach Zaka Be was suspended for three years and four of the team's players including the captain of the Madagascar national football team, Mamisoa Razafindrakoto were suspended until the end of the season.

The game holds the world record for the highest scoreline and is recognized by the Guinness book of records.