SUMMARY
- A Man of the Match award given to a Polish player from the club, Gornik Zabrze, might stand out from all other major honors.
- Reports suggest that a soccer player from Malawi also received the same man of the match award.
Fans over the years have seen some prestigiously designed Man of the Match (MOTM) awards given to soccer players. Every major league around the world has its own uniquely crafted award to be presented to its best performers. However, a MOTM award given in Poland at the club level might stand out from all other major honors.
A Polish player from the Poland club Gornik Zabrze was handed one of the most uncanniest man of the match awards ever presented. The player received a live chicken as his accolading honor for emerging as the best performer. The chicken was properly handed over to him in a well-spaced cage.
Man of the match award in Poland pic.twitter.com/CmlUPSfpQL
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) February 8, 2024
As per reports, the man who awarded the Gornik Zabrze player the chicken is known by the name of Stanislaw Setkowski. He is considered to be a massive supporter of Zabrze. Stanislaw traditionally hands out a chicken as a man of the match award to a player from his club. But after Gornik Zabrze emerges victorious in a game, the chickens that he hands out belong to a farm owned by him.
A soccer player from Malawi also got a chicken as his MOTM award
The amusing incident where the player from the Poland club Gornik Zabrze got a live chicken as his award might not be the first case of such happening. Reports suggest that a soccer player from Malawi also received a chicken as his man of the match honor.
A live chicken (and cardboard cage) in Malawi pic.twitter.com/6D9nvSn8xd
— Dreadful man of the match awards 🏆 (@WorstPrizesEver) July 22, 2022
However, instead of a proper cage that the Polish player got alongside his chicken, the Malawian player got a cardboard box-type cage with his chicken award. Also, in Poland, the chicken was handed inside the cage to the player. This time it was given straight into the hands of the Malawian player.
Current Arsenal player Martin Odegaard’s fish award at Real Sociedad
Martin Odegaard is currently one of the most prolific attacking midfielders for Premier League club Arsenal. The player has won the Player of the Month and the Performer of the Match awards many times in his career at Arsenal so far while playing in the top tier of English soccer.
🐟😅 Martin Ødegaard has won Real Sociedad’s player of the month award
It appears that he’s been given a large fish in a supermarket as his award pic.twitter.com/o9muTGkDmS
— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) September 19, 2019
However, during his days at La Liga club Real Sociedad, Odegaard was given a strange reward for emerging as the player of the month. The 25-year-old was awarded a large fish at a supermarket. However, the former Real Sociedad player accepted the award quite amusingly.
The sport of soccer has surprised its fans from many perspectives since its origin. From stunning goals scored by the players to jaw-dropping free-kicks and magnificent dribbling skills, the game has it all. But, after getting to know about these incidents where the Man of the Match awards got really creative, fans would be bestowed with the opportunity to share a laugh.