# question about goal in uefa cup game shakhtar vs. sevilla

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**Created:** [March 17, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goal-in-uefa-cup-game-shakhtar-vs-sevilla/396319 "2007-03-17T08:46:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goal-in-uefa-cup-game-shakhtar-vs-sevilla/396319/1 "2007-03-17T08:46:45Z")

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I’m trying to confirm what a friend of mine told me in an e-mail, about an unusual football goal.

I see at the UEFA webpage, in the [minute by minute](http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2367/match=300520/report=mbm.html) report on the game, that the Sevilla goalkeeper headed in a corner kick?!? Is this right? Did anyone see the game? What was the Sevilla goalkeeper doing in an offensive position?

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-goal-in-uefa-cup-game-shakhtar-vs-sevilla/396319/2 "2007-03-17T09:22:19Z")

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Yes, it’s right. According to [CNN](http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/03/15/uefa.shakhtar/index.html)

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> Goalkeeper Andres Palop scored an injury time equalizer before Uruguay’s Javier Chevanton added the winner in extra time to lead defending champion Sevilla past Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 Thursday and into the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup.
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> The game was four minutes into injury time with Sevilla facing elimination when Palop left his net unguarded and moved up for a last-ditch corner.
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> Daniel Alves swung the ball in and the goalkeeper headed home to stun the Ukrainian crowd.

Sounds like a hockey match in a similar situation. With almost no time remaining and you’re 2-1 down anyway, why not send the goalkeeper/tender to the wrong end of the field? There’s nothing to lose.