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EFL officially award Wrexham star goal after he was mocked by teammates, including James McClean

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The EFL have awarded a Wrexham player a goal following the Carabao Cup meeting with Reading.

The Red Dragons picked up a rare home win on Tuesday evening, beating Reading 2-0 in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Wrexham will now play Cardiff City as they compete in the last-16 for the first time in over forty years.

Several players shone in the 2-0 win over the Royals, with the standout performer in the second half being Nathan Broadhead.

Wrexham fans praised Broadhead after he scored two goals against Reading to get up and running at the Racecourse Ground following his summer switch.

However, the former Ipswich Town man has now lost one of those goals to a teammate.

James McClean of Wrexham.
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EFL give Nathan Broadhead goal to Sam Smith

Ryan Barnett whipped a cross into the box in the 70th minute of action on Tuesday.

Broadhead rose above a Reading defender and headed the ball goalwards before running off to start celebrating.

Sam Smith followed his header towards the goal and poked the effort over the line.

At the time, it looked as though Broadhead was the one to score, and he seemingly thought the same after running off to celebrate.

However, on the EFL’s official website, they have now credited Smith with the second goal.

James McClean and more Wrexham players laughed at Sam Smith

Smith is undoubtedly pleased to have been officially awarded the goal, especially after being mocked on social media by his teammates.

Post-Reading, the striker took to Instagram to share a number of photos, one of which was him celebrating the second goal.

This was quickly spotted by a number of Wrexham players, who took to Instagram to comment.

James McClean wrote: “Pic 6,” followed by a laughing emoji.

Defender Conor Coady commented: “Celebration picture is mad.”

Dan Scarr added: “Nice lil bro,” followed by laughing and fire emojis.