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A German second division match on Sunday saw two penalties being awarded after players picked the ball up with their hands, wrongly believing that the referee had blown the whistle. The bizarre incidents came during a 2-2 draw between Magdeburg and Greuther Fürth, with both spot kicks resulting in goals. First, Fürth defender Gideon Jung picked up the ball thrown to him by his goalkeeper Nahuel Noll, seemingly believing that play was interrupted and planning to conduct a goal kick. Later in the first half, Magdeburg defender Daniel Heber did the same after a foul against Fürth’s Roberto Massim…

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