Mainz Goalkeeper Robin Zentner Just Invented The 'Ghost Pass' By Accident

After all the controversy surrounding Patrice Evra and his Eric Cantona antics this week, a truly brilliant moment in the Bundesliga has somewhat lifted spirits.

In the first half of FSV Mainz' trip to Mönchengladbach on Saturday afternoon, goalkeeper Robin Zentner tried to play a pass in his own penalty box.

But somehow, the 23-year-old didn't realise the ball was at his feet.

On this day in November 2017, a lad from Rüdesheim invented 'the ghost pass' - a total fluke that will go down in history as a moment of madness.

Luckily for Zentner, the Mönchengladbach couldn't capitalise on his mistake and Mainz retained a 1-0 lead in the opening 30 minutes.

What was going through the goalkeeper's mind is beyond me, but his opposition posted the perfect Tweet shortly after:

Here's how the rest of social media reacted to Zentner's blunder against Gladbach at Borussia-Park, this afternoon:

Of course we'll remember the name, Archie.

How could we forget a moment of madness like that? Take a bow, Robin.

Topics: Fail, Mainz, Bundesliga

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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