Spanish football’s new third tier got off to a flying start on Friday through a bizarre first ever goal in its opening match, with footage of the incident already seen by more than a million people.
The game pitted Cultural Leonesa - who memorably reached the last 16 of the Copa Del Rey in 2018, in which they were knocked out 5-2 on aggregate by Barcelona - against Rayo Majadahonda.
For hosts Leonesa, though - based in the north-west of the country, two hours from the Portuguese border - it was a match to forget from 24 minutes onwards.
At that point in the proceedings, a long ball was cleared out of Rayo’s box towards a lone striker, Ruben Sanchez, being marked by just one defender.
Struggli...