Provedel joins the Champions League goalkeeping club
That evening he made his competitive debut as a goalkeeper Ivan Provedel looked after his own UEFA Champions League Immortality after appearing as Laziois an unlikely savior against it Atlético Madrid.
Instead of making a last-second save or saving a crucial penalty, Provedel made his mark at the other end of the pitch and shot forward a dramatic equalizer with a header in stoppage time for the Series A Page with just a few seconds left to play.
Followed Pablo BarriosWith a goal since the 29th minute, Lazio headed for a dispiriting home defeat at the Stadio Olimpico in their Group E opener. But after 94:19 minutes, their goalkeeper (who wears the number 94 jersey, is also 1.94 meters tall and was born in 1994) jumped into the night sky to head home Luis Alberto‘s angled cross and salvation a 1-1 draw with the last action of the game.
In doing so, Provedel also gained access to one of football’s most exclusive clubs by becoming only the fourth goalkeeper to score in the Champions League and only the second to score a goal without a penalty in the competition.
🚨 LAZIO GOALKEEPER IVAN PROVEDEL scores with the last touch of the game 🚨
Only the second goalkeeper in Champions League HISTORY not to score a penalty. 😱 pic.twitter.com/wMpUhnMwg7
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) September 19, 2023
Here’s a story of the other three members of the UEFA Champions League’s Grand Order of Goal-Scoring Goalies (or “UCLGOGSG” for short) and how they earned their place.
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Vincent Enyeama
🇳🇬 Vincent Enyeama is the third goalkeeper to score in the Champions League 🧤#UCL pic.twitter.com/u24jZJeYvO
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 1, 2021
Before Provodel’s exploits, Enyeama was the club’s youngest signing, being the former Nigeria The captain scored the goal from the penalty spot for Hapoel Tel-Aviv against Lyons in 2010. Enyeama was Hapoel’s main penalty taker in 2008–09, scoring several penalties for the Israeli club, including a goal in the 2009–10 State Cup final. He then repeated the feat in the Champions League, initially by conceding a successful goal FC Salzburg in the qualifying rounds before He scored another goal against Lyon in the group stage – although hardly a consolation in a 3-1 defeat.
Sinan Bolat
#On this day in 2⃣0⃣0⃣9⃣
⏱️ 90. +5 @Standard_RSCL 🆚 @AZAlkmaar
⚽️ Sinan Bolat 😲👏👏👏
#UCL pic.twitter.com/ai8dOQIAWA— UEFA.com EN (@UEFAcom_en) December 9, 2019
The second member of the UCLGOGSG was accepted in 2009 with Standard Liege’s Turkey The national player was on the top scorer’s list in the 1-1 draw against him AZ Alkmaar. While Bolat wasn’t the first to score directly, he did become the first goalkeeper to score a goal without a penalty in the competition, doing so with a goal A valuable header in the 95th minute That saved the Belgian club a draw that qualified them for qualification Europe League Knockout phase at the expense of AZ, which finished last in Group H and was eliminated from European competition entirely.
Hans-Jörg Butt
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Goalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt scored three goals in the Champions League, including this penalty #OTD in 2002 🧤@bayer04_en | #UCL pic.twitter.com/ycy8INz82p
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 12, 2021
In short: Butt is one of the highest-scoring goalkeepers of all time. The previous Germany The international scored 32 goals in all competitions throughout his career, an impressive tally that places him in the top 10 of the all-time list. He holds the record for most goals scored in a single European professional league (26 goals in the). Bundesliga) and the record for the most goals scored by a goalkeeper in the Champions League, namely three.
Curiously, Butt’s triple penalty goals in the Champions League were all scored for different clubs, but came against the same opponents, viz Juventus on the receiving end every time. Butt’s first goal came for Hamburg in a frantic 4-4 draw against Juventus in the first group stage of the 2000/01 Champions League. The second contributed to this Bayer Leverkusen‘s underdog run to the final in 2001-02, the start of the 3-1 win against Juve in the second group phase.
He then had to wait six years for his third goal, as he scored Bayern’s first goal in a decisive 4-1 comeback win against Bayern Bianconeri This ensured Bayern’s entry into the knockout phase.
