#2 Aaron Hunt comes clean
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In March 2014, Werder Bremen were leading Nuremberg by two goals to nil with around fifteen minutes of the game left to play. As Nuremberg pressed forward, Bremen broke away with a counter attack and a cross from the left found midfielder Aaron Hunt in the box, but before he could shoot, he was brought down by Javier Pinola.
The referee blew his whistle and awarded Bremen a penalty...that is, until Hunt got to his feet and immediately approached the official, explaining to him that he’d actually dived. The replay would confirm this and upon Hunt’s confession, the official struck off the penalty, causing Pinola to chase Hunt down to shake his hand for showing such sportsmanship.
Hunt went on to tell Sky, “I was looking for that contact and I wanted a penalty. That was pure instinct, but it was wrong. I had to think about it, but we don’t want to win a match like that.” Bremen indeed held on to their lead to win 2-0, but the win was made more memorable thanks to Hunt’s sportsmanship.
