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Lazio Goalkeeper Ivan Provedel Scores an Incredible 95th-Minute Equalizer against Atletico Madrid

2023-09-20 4 Dailymotion

Ivan Provedel became just the fourth goalkeeper ever to score in the Champions League proper with a 95th-minute equalizer for Lazio against Atletico Madrid.<br /><br />The 29-year-old rescued the hosts a point with the last touch of the game as he nodded in Luis Alberto's cross to mark his Champions League debut in style.<br /><br />Blue smoke rose from a flare flung onto the pitch as the Stadio Olimpico roared in ecstasy to celebrate the sensational moment.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><br />Pablo Barrios had given Diego Simeone's traveling party a 1-0 lead in the first half on his first start in the competition.<br /><br />In typical fashion, they looked to have ground out a win until Provedel charged through the box and knocked in Alberto's inswinging cross.<br /><br />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 in disbelief.<br /><br />It has not been an easy time for Lazio, who sit 15th in Serie A with one win and three defeats. This, however, will go down in the club's history. <br /><br />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.

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