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Brazilian soccer player falls into tunnel celebrating goal — that didn’t count — in wild scene

Nypost · · 304 words · By Christian Arnold
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They sometimes say “leap and the net will appear,” but if you’re Brazilian footballer Jacy, sometimes a hole will appear.

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What happened

They sometimes say “leap and the net will appear,” but if you’re Brazilian footballer Jacy, sometimes a hole will appear.

Why it matters

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.

Common ground

The bizarre moment occured late in the first half of Coritiba’s match with Chapecoense, both of whom play in Brazil’s top flight.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jacy reportedly finished the first half before having to exit the match in the second half, apparently succumbing to an injury from the fall.”
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Multiple sources state that Jacy finished the first half but was substituted in the second half due to an injury (specifically an ankle injury) resulting from the fall.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacy finished the first half before being substituted two minutes into the second half.To make matters worse, the goal was subsequently disallowed and he had to be subbed off due to an injury sustaine…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/jacy-maranhao-falls-the-tunn…
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web search NEUTRAL — He suffered an ankle injury but completed the first half before being forced to leave the game. #fyp #football #highlights #funn #nigeriatiktok Jacy Maranhão Falls Through Tunnel Celebrating Goal — An…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-to-jacy-after-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Here, nearly one in two people is obese and almost half of the remaining population is overweight. That means 3 out of every 4 people outside are at risk of serious health problems and early death. As…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgu-XOhE5k8
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Claim 2: “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.”
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Multiple sources describe the fall as being into an uncovered tunnel or opening leading to the locker rooms/dressing rooms beneath the stadium.
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web search NEUTRAL — The defender jumped over the advertising boards believing he was celebrating his team’s second goal, only to plunge into an uncovered tunnel beneath the stadium.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/international-spo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Maranhão tumbled into an uncovered opening leading down towards the players’ tunnel while celebrating what he thought was a goal. The bizarre incident left those inside the stadium stunned, with the d…
https://gulfnews.com/sport/worst-celebration-ever-brazilian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a mishap that went viral, Jacy Maranhao, the captain and defender with the Coritiba club in Brazil's top league, leaped over the pitch perimeter and down an opening to stairs and a tunnel that acce…
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a-scare-brazil-player-leaps-…
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Claim 3: “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.”
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Wikipedia and other stadium databases confirm that Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira is the home of Coritiba and is located in Curitiba, Brazil.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Curitiba ( KOOR-ih-CHEE-bə; Brazilian Portuguese: [kuɾiˈtʃibɐ]) is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,829,225 as of 2024, making it the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Estádio Major Antônio Couto Pereira, often shortened to Couto Pereira, is the home of Coritiba Foot Ball Club, located in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil. Its formal name honors Major Antônio Couto Per…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estádio_Couto_Pereira
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of football stadiums. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate in seated areas. Football stadiums w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_football_s…
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Claim 4: “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.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general Wikipedia entries for Cameroon and players named Joel (Embiid, Matip), but no evidence confirming a specific 2014 incident involving a player named Joel jumping into a tunnel at this stadium.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Embiid
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Joël André Matip Job (born 8 August 1991) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Matip began his professional career with Schalke 04 in 2009, and was part of their teams that…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joël_Matip
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Claim 5: “To make matters even worse, the goal was eventually called off after video assistant referee intervention led to an offside ruling.”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that the goal was disallowed by VAR due to an offside ruling.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carla Leite (born 16 April 2004) is a French professional basketball player for the Portland Fire of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was selected ninth overall by the Dallas Wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Leite
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ellen Brönmark Åkesson (born 20 March 1999) is a Swedish powerlifter, arm wrestler, and professional wrestler. She is signed to the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. She has been describe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Åkesson
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web search NEUTRAL — ONLY FOR VAR TO RULE THE GOAL OFFSIDE #creatorsearchinsights #footballwahala #footballtiktok #soccertiktok #fyp JUST IN: A Coritiba player scored a goal, then jumped over the pitch barrier and fell in…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/what-happened-to-jacy-maranh…
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Claim 6: “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.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Coritiba center back Jacy scored a goal that was disallowed and subsequently had to leave the match due to an injury sustained during the celebration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as the Coxa, is a Brazilian football club from Curitiba, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Founded in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coritiba_Foot_Ball_Club
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacy reportedly finished the first half before having to exit the match in the second half, apparently succumbing to an injury from the fall. Jacy Maranhão jumping over a barricade into a tunnel to ce…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/sports/video-brazilian-soccer-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacy was treated by Coritiba’s medical staff, stayed in the game, but had to be substituted at the start of the second half. According to Cazé TV’s report, he came off because of the fall during the c…
https://onefootball.com/en/news/coritiba-player-scores-its-c…
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Claim 7: “The Coritiba star leaped over and right down the tunnel, disappearing momentarily to the horror of the club’s fans before reappearing.”
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Multiple sources confirm Jacy leaped over the boards and fell down a tunnel/hole before reappearing/climbing out.
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web search NEUTRAL — Brazil, Jacy celebrates the goal, jumps over the advertising hoardings and falls into the underground tunnel leading to the dressing rooms.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Brazilian defender Jacy Maranhão has gone viral after he celebrated a goal by running off the pitch, jumping over the advertising boards and falling down a hole, before climbing back out. The tunnel l…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/jacy-maranhao-fall-into-tunn…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 29-year-old had no idea he was about to take a deep fall. Dubai: Brazilian footballer Jacy Maranhão rushed to celebrate with fans after scoring for Coritiba, only to fall into a deep tunnel after …
https://gulfnews.com/sport/worst-celebration-ever-brazilian-…
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Claim 8: “The bizarre moment occured late in the first half of Coritiba’s match with Chapecoense, both of whom play in Brazil’s top flight.”
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While the incident involving Jacy is confirmed, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'incident' and does not confirm the opponent was Chapecoense or the league status of both teams.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · The meaning of INCIDENT is an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening. How to use incident in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incident.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incident
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web search NEUTRAL — INCIDENT definition: 1. an event that is either unpleasant or unusual: 2. with nothing unpleasant or unusual happening…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/incident
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web search NEUTRAL — INCIDENT meaning: 1. an event that is either unpleasant or unusual: 2. with nothing unpleasant or unusual happening…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/incid…
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Claim 9: “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”
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Web sources confirm Jacy jumped over advertising boards while celebrating. One source specifically identifies him as 29 years old.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Picture_Show
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taylor Grado (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. As of August 2021, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on SmackDown brand under the ring name Jacy Jayne. She is the leader…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacy_Jayne
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacy Rae Sheldon (born August 23, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacy_Sheldon
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.