Instead of making a last-minute save or saving a decisive penalty, Provedel made his mark at the other end of the field.
On the night of his debut in the competition, the goalkeeper Ivan Provedel assured his immortality in the history of the UEFA Champions League by becoming the unexpected savior of the Lazio contra Atletico Madrid.
Instead of making a last-minute save or saving a decisive penalty, Provedel He made his mark at the other end of the field, moving forward to convert a dramatic header for the team from the A leagueequalizing the score with just a few seconds left to conclude the actions.
The Lazioafter losing from the 29th minute due to the goal of Pablo Barrioswere headed for a disheartening defeat at home at the Stadio Olimpico in their first Group E game. However, at the 94:19 mark, their goalkeeper (who wears jersey number 94, is 1.94 tall and was born in 1994) jumped into the night sky to deflect an angled center of Luis Alberto and rescue the 1-1 draw in the last action of the match. It was not the first time that he scored for his team either: Provedel scored in 2020 while playing in Serie B with the Juventus Stabia.
With his feat, Providel He also managed to join one of the most exclusive clubs in football, becoming the fourth goalkeeper to score in the Champions League, and only the second to score a goal in the competition other than a penalty.
Goalkeeper Ivan Provedel scored Lazio’s tying goal against Atlético de Madrid. EPA
Below, we present a review of the three members of the Grand Order of Scoring Goalkeepers of the UEFA Champions League (or “GOPGUCL” for short) and how they earned their place in this exclusive group.
Vincent Blindness
Before the heroic feat of Provodel, Enyeama was the most recent addition to the club, when the former captain of the national team Nigeria scored from the penalty spot for Hapoel Tel-Aviv in their clash against Lyon in 2010. Enyema became the main penalty collector of the Hapoel in the 2008-09 season and since then, he scored several goals for the Israeli club, including one in the State Cup final in 2009-10. He repeated the feat in the Champions League, first with a successful conversion against FC Salzburg in the qualifying round and then another penalty against Lyon in the group stage… although it did not serve to console the 3-1 defeat.
Sinan Bolat
The second member of the GOPGUCL joined the club in 2009, when the Turkish international of the Standard lounger turned into a 1-1 draw for his team against THE Alkmaar. Although he is not the first goalkeeper to score, Bolat He was the first to score a goal other than a penalty in the competition. He converted a beautiful header in the 95th minute that saved the tie for the Belgian club, qualifying for the playoffs of the Europa League at the expense of AZ, which finished bottom of Group H and completely eliminated from European competitions.
Hans-Jörg Butt
Simply put, Butt is one of the most prolific goal-scoring goalies to ever step on the field. The former German international scored 32 career goals across all competitions during his career, an impressive figure that places him in the Top 10 all-time. Butt He holds the record for goals scored in a European professional league (26 goals in the Bundesliga) and the record for goals scored by a goalkeeper in Champions Leaguewith three to his credit.
Curiously, the three penalties converted by Butt in Champions were scored with different clubs but against the same rival on all occasions: the Juventus. Butt’s first goal was for Hamburg in a frenetic 4-4 draw against Juve in the first group stage match of the 2000-01 edition of the Champions League. His second goal contributed to the surprising run of the Bayer Leverkusen that took them to the final in the 2001-02 campaign, opening the scoring in the 3-1 victory over the Juve in the second group stage match.
Butt he had to wait six years to score his third goal; specifically, the first of the Bayern Munich in a crucial 3-1 comeback against the team White black which sealed the Bavarian club’s qualification to the defining phases of the competition.
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