When you're a kid, you dream of scoring the big goal. The goal that wins the final. The goal that wins the league. The goal that grants you immortality. The goal that wins you promotion. You dream of an amazing goal, a goal that people will remember long after you're gone, a goal with skill, flair, magic. That is not how it went for Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough scored a goal against Reading that puts them squarely in the driver's seat in the English Championship, two points up on Burnley. This is good news for Middlesbrough because the Premier League's new TV deal kicks in next year, which means the league will be an absolute cash cow.
The goal they scored could potentially be worth $150 million, which you don't have to be an accountant to know is a lot of dollars.
Here's the goal (1:44 mark).
Middlesbrough Pinball Goal
Oof. We're going to go out on a limb and say that goal won't be nominated for the Puskas Award this year. Middlesbrough probably don't care about that, though, they just want the $150 million any way they can get it.
(H/T SB Nation)
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