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Levadia took a 1-0 lead in an Estonian Cup game without touching the ball. Opponent Paide, which ended up losing 3-1, began the game by kicking off and stringing together fivepasses  … before Martin Kase  stroked the ball past his own goalkeeper.

In German second division play, Kaiserslautern goalkeeper Marius Müller jumped high enough to reach Sebastian Kerk’s soaring corner kick, but slapped itinto his own net. Kerk got credited with three assists in the 3-0 FC Nuremberg win, the other two finished by teammates.

We thought Inter’s Geoffrey Kondogbia had delivered the best long-distance own goal we’d see in a long time, in his team’s 2-1 win over Chelsea. But one day later, Eibar’sJose Angel  beat his own keeper, in a 1-0 friendly loss to Schalke, from 50 yards. Kondogbia:

Thank you, Geoffrey Kondogbia, it’s been too long since we’ve had a good own goal, and you delivered a doozy. Inter Milan’s French defender scored Cheslea’s goal, ina 2-1 Inter friendly win in Asia, with a 45-yard chip over his own keeper, Daniele Padelli.

Arsenal stars Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette  et al. are already a big hit in Shanghai ahead of their Wednesdaygame against Bayern Munich. They’ve been playing table-tennis, juggling ping-pong balls — and they took the stage to perform some kung fu moves.