They sometimes say “leap and the net will appear,” but if you’re Brazilian footballer Jacy, sometimes a hole will appear.
That’s what happened to the Coritiba center back over the weekend after he scored a goal, which was eventually called back, and eventually forced him to exit the match with an injury on Sunday.
The bizarre moment occured late in the first half of Coritiba’s match with Chapecoense, both of whom play in Brazil’s top flight.
Brazilian soccer player Jacy Maranhão leaves a game after leaping over a barricade into a tunnel to celebrate a goal that did not count. X / @MetaThor4
The 29-year-old was celebrating what he thought was his club’s second goal of the match when he grabbed the ball and put it under his shirt, then jumped over the advertising dasher boards that lined the field, presumably to go celebrate with the fans.
What Jacy didn’t seem to know was that where he jumped over, there had been a large square-shaped opening that led to the locker rooms under the stadium, which had been uncovered.
Brazilian soccer player Jacy Maranhão leaves a game after leaping over a barricade into a tunnel celebrating a goal that did not count. (X / @MetaThor4) X / @MetaThor4
The Coritiba star leaped over and right down the tunnel, disappearing momentarily to the horror of the club’s fans before reappearing.
He initially fell to the ground but popped right up and continued his celebration.
Jacy reportedly finished the first half before having to exit the match in the second half, apparently succumbing to an injury from the fall.
Brazilian soccer player Jacy Maranhão leaves the game after leaping over a barricade into a tunnel to celebrate a goal that did not count. X / @MetaThor4
To make matters even worse, the goal was eventually called off after video assistant referee intervention led to an offside ruling.
Oddly, that wasn’t the first time something like that happened at Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, which is located in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba.
Jacy Maranhão of Coritiba looks on during a Brasileirao 2026 match between Athletico Paranaense and Coritiba at Arena da Baixada on Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Curitiba, Brazil. Getty Images
In 2014, former Cameroon native Joel pulled the same move, jumping over the advertisement boards and into the tunnel, which was covered at the time by a tarp.
In that instance, a stadium staff member appeared to try and warn him before jumping to no avail.
