Mexico.- Soccer is full of surprises, there is always something that can happen that will impress the fans and that in a few minutes will be going around the world and something that undoubtedly does it every time it appears is the famous “Olympic goal” Well, it is one of the most complicated annotations to specify and more so in current football since there is much more work on the part of the players and coaches so as not to be surprised. But where was it seen for the first time and why is it called that? ?
One of the frequently asked questions among soccer fans is: Where did it happen? What happened? and in this spectacular goal it is undoubtedly more than important to know when it was seen for the first time in football since it is considered a work of art that has almost 100 years since his first appearance in a friendly match between the national teams of Uruguay y Argentina. Olympic Goals are not easy at all, few players with great technique have dared to try it and on many occasions it doesn’t work, but when it happens, it is an explosion of joy.
The story begins knowing what is called the Olympic Goal, this action takes place from a corner kick, the attacking team places the ball in the corner of the field and instead of centering as is traditionally done, it hits the ball with an effect so that it closes with the direction of the goal, so that the closer it is, the more difficult it is to tackle due to the large number of players inside the area. In order for it to be considered a legitimate goal and Olímpico, it must have entered the goal without anyone touching it, that it be from a single blow given by the scorer.
Already with the context of what it is, now it is time to know when it was seen for the first time in the history of football. It all goes back to year of 1924it was in the summer when the Uruguayan National Team had won the Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris and to give it the due reception, a couple of games were organized against the Argentine National Team, one in Montevideo and another in Buenos Aires, so each country would have a duel. In the first game things were without much emotion and tied at 1, leaving all the hubbub for the second game.
It was on October 2 when the return game was played in Buenos Aires, nothing happened to the game but the 15th minute arrived when Argentina went on the attack and scored a corner kick that Cesarean Onzari went to collect, everyone in the Sportivo Barracas stadium was attentive to the resumption of the game but they were all surprised to see how Onzari shot directly at the goal and without anyone touching the ball, he entered scoring the goal that fortunately did count since the The International Board as recently as June 1924 had said that shots from the corner kick could be considered a legitimate goal.
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The emotion and confusion was so great that to remember that goal and that moment it was decided to call it the Olympic Goal since Uruguay had just been champion in the olympics and in his honor it was decided that it be called that. Just two years after the first centenary of that goal, a large number of similar goals have been experienced in the world of soccer where all have their difficulty but all are always extraordinary.
