Video: Players narrowly miss injury from live grenade in Iranian soccer match

Published: September 21, 2012 

In this startling video, an Iranian soccer player, meaning to clear the field of a piece of debris thrown by a fan, gets a surprise when the "trash" explodes.

It turned out to be a live grenade.

No one was injured in the game, played in the Iranian city of Isfahan between Iran's Sepahan and Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli during the Asian Champions League.

The game continued after brief delay, ending in a scoreless draw.

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