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VIDEO: Pumas goalkeeper caught out by incredible error

There are certain mistakes that, while embarrassing, are tough to avoid, and some which fall firmly into the category of the inexplicable. 

Pumas goalkeeper Alfredo Saldivar's meltdown, for example, almost boggles the mind!

The shot-stopper came waltzing out of his net on Sunday, and nonchalantly laid the ball off to who he assumed was a nearby defender.

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Unfortunately the recipient was Toluca's Carlos Esquivel, who could barely believe his luck as he calmly smashed into the empty net. 

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