{"id":93282,"date":"2023-09-19T23:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=93282"},"modified":"2023-09-19T23:21:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:21:03","slug":"lazio-goalie-provedel-scores-last-touch-goal-against-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/lazio-goalie-provedel-scores-last-touch-goal-against-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazio goalie Provedel scores last-touch goal against Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ivan Provedel became just the fourth goalkeeper ever to score in the Champions League proper with a 95th-minute equaliser for Lazio against Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old rescued the hosts a point with the last touch of the game as he nodded in Luis Alberto’s cross – on his Champions League debut, no less.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Blue smoke rose from a flare flung onto the pitch as the Stadio Olimpico roared in ecstasy to celebrate the implausible moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last-minute goalkeeper goals are the stuff of footballing folklore. Think of Jimmy Glass’ strike to keep Carlisle United in the Football league in 1999.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not since 2009 when Vincent Enyeama thudded home a penalty for Hapoel Tel-Aviv against Lyon has a goalkeeper scored in Europe’s premier competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ivan Provedel headed in a 95th-minute equaliser on his Champions league debut to salvage a point for Lazio against Atletico Madrid\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The goalkeeper sprinted away in triumph as the Stadio Olimpico erupted in exultation\u00a0<\/p>\n
And it was a well-earned point for Lazio, who had 19 shots to Atletico Madrid’s nine and had gone close numerous times in the steaming Champions League affair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pablo Barrios, a tender 20 years old, had given Diego Simeone’s travelling party a 1-0 lead in the first half on his first start in the competition.<\/p>\n
In typical fashion, they looked to have grinded out a win until Provedel charged through the box and knocked in Alberto’s inswinging cross.<\/p>\n
Simeone’s hands gesticulated in the hope his team would have time to make amends, Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak shook his head, and players knelt down in disbelief.<\/p>\n
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The 29-year-old looked emotional as the significance of what he had done sank in\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He marked the rare moment with a photograph as he became just the fourth goalkeeper to score in Champions League history\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Lazio’s fans went wild as flares were chucked onto the pitch and flags waved in the stands\u00a0<\/p>\n
The unlikely hero, Provedel, walked through embraces with his team-mates and upon his face was painted a mixture of bewilderment, tearfulness, and defiance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It has not been an easy time for Lazio, who sit 15th in Serie A with one win and three defeats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This, however, will go down in the club’s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only Enyeama, Bolat, and Hans-Jorg Butt have scored as goalkeepers before him – Butt on a remarkable three occasions, all against Juventus, as he was a regular penalty-taker.<\/p>\n