During a recent soccer game in Iran, for whatever reason, fans decided to throw various pieces of trash onto the field. While having to deal with that isn’t exactly standard operating procedure for players down there, it is something that -- going in -- they realize they might have to work through. 
 
 What they don’t expect to have to work through, however, is explosives being hurled their way. 
 
 And yet that’s exactly what one extremely lucky soccer player (you’ll see why we call him lucky in a second) encountered recently. Check it out: 
 
 If he had thrown that grenade away a second later, the guy would be handless now. Amazing. 
 
 (Kudos The Big Lead) 
 
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 Here’s another version with some more detail/slow mo. I’m not wrong, right? That was totally crazy and not something you would expect during a soccer match? And it’s not fake, is it? (via cosby sweaters)
– And you thought fans who threw beer were bad. A video is circulating on the Internet in which an Iranian soccer player finds a grenade (or something like it) lying on the pitch, picks it up, and then casually tosses it out of bounds—where it explodes, reports Opposing Views. No one appears to have been harmed in any way. The incident took place in an AFC Champions League match between Iran's Sepahan and Saudi Arabia's Al-Ahli, according to Kottke.org, which identifies the player who tosses the explosive device as Sepahan midfielder Adel Kolahkaj. The game resumed after a brief delay, notes the Washington Post.