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Watch: Casual Valdes almost embarrassed by back pass

There are not many moments Victor Valdes won’t care to relive, but this is one of them.

VICTOR VALDES IS generally seen as one of the safest pair of hands in club football, the Barcelona custodian one of the key reasons behind their unmatched success in recent years.

However, even the great have their rockier moments and the 29-year-old was almost embarrassed by a long range backpass during the 2-2 draw against Real Sociedad at the weekend.

With only ten minutes remaining, the ball was launched towards Valdes from the opposing half by a Sociedad player. It would have been an easy take, were he not sauntering back to his net with his back to the play.

Thankfully his reflexes did not fail him at the last minute, but it was a close call.

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