It’s an own goal if assuming that player is not touching the ball, it will go out of goal. In this case if the deflection didn’t happen, the ball will still on target of the goal (ignore the goalkeeper), so it’s not an own goal
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It’s an own goal if assuming that player is not touching the ball, it will go out of goal. In this case if the deflection didn’t happen, the ball will still on target of the goal (ignore the goalkeeper), so it’s not an own goal
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