Brazilian football team attempts to invent new wall, fails

Utterly bizarre.

Thu, 08 May, 2014 - 17:31

In one of the oddest sports clips we've seen, Brazilian team Ponte Preta decided to redefine what a defensive wall is - by having a player lie down across the back of his teams' legs.

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