admin
LONDON. — Ipswich Town striker Macauley Bonne missed an open goalfrom just a few yards in their 1-2 defeat at Cheltenham Town on Tuesday night.
The 25-year-old produced some excellent work to create the opportunity but somehow failed to convert his chance and was punished late on in this English League One game.
Bonne’s glorious miss came in the 12th minute as he ran on to an excellent flick on by strike partner Joe Pigott.
The Zimbabwe international showed superb composure to flick the ball over the rushing Cheltenham goalkeeper and into an empty six-yard area.
All Bonne had to do was either head or poke the ball into an empty net — but he decided to try and calmly stroke it in with his right boot.
It proved to be a terrible move as he fluffed his effort and it dribbled on to the post and out of play — right in front of the returning Cheltenham fans.
Bonne’s howler capped off a remarkable start to the game, with Ipswich taking a 1-0 lead thanks to a superb ninth-minute strike from Matt Penney.
Cheltenham started the brightest at Whaddon Road, with on-loan Leicester City midfielder Callum Wright also missing an open goal — The Sun.
Online Reporter