Atlético Tucumán’s great goal that broke the 82-year record and the spontaneous reaction of its author when he saw it on TV

The midfielder of Atletico Tucumán, Matteo colonelexpressed his joy at the “great goal” scored with a spectacular 70.2-meter shot to close the leaders’ victory against Central Barracksat the close of the fifteenth date.

“I can’t believe it, it was a great goal. I had tried it several times but I never imagined it would be like this,” Coronel told ESPN. after his goal which meant the 4-0 at Monumental José Fierro de Tucumán.

The player, 23, referred to previous attempts and quickly the videos went viral sometimes he had done it with the Argentinos Juniors shirt, which in the last market he had given it to the “Dean”.

The first time was on May 8 this year for the League Cup in the triumph of “Bicho” over Unión (2-1) in La Paternal, but the Uruguayan goalkeeper Santiago Mele reacted in time and managed to stop it.

And almost a month later, on 6 June for the first date of the 2022 tournament, he still does it against Aldosivi, again against Diego Armando Maradona, but on that occasion the shot ends just wide.

“I was already looking at the goalkeeper before the center and when I grabbed him I already knew he was going to kick because it was fair to me,” said the hitch born in the city of Ramallo, Buenos Aires.

Coronel is on loan to Atlético Tucumán with no option to buy until December next year. He made his debut with the Defensores de Ramallo shirt in 2017 and in the 2019/20 season he arrived with a free pass to Argentinos Juniors. In total he played 59 games and scored six goals.

A record of 82 years

Coronel’s jewel forces us to rewrite the history books of Argentine football. Until Tuesday evening, the furthest goal ever recorded was that of Miguel Ángel Garavano, del Ferro, who scored a 70-meter goal, according to media at the time.

“We have rarely seen anything like this in football,” wrote El Graph in his chronicle of the goal against Chacarita. And he added: “From his halfway line (sic), full-back Garavano made a strong rejection. López (Chaca’s goalkeeper) went out in search of the ball and halfway warned that he would not reach it. I ran to cover the fence, but the ball penetrated it. The shot was taken from 70 meters. “

The Ferropedia page, dedicated to Caballito’s club, shared the image of the goalkeeper defeated at the net, in black and white and with the resources of the time, but with an expression of defeat that is universal in football.

Under the goal of Garavano appears the goal remembered by José Luis Chilavert a Riverplaying for Velez. When he rushed on a free kick and surprised Germán Burgos from 58 meters, in Liniers.

Still far from the world record

The world record is held by another goalkeeper, Bosnian Asmir Begovic, when he entered the Guinness Book in 2013 with his 91.9-meter kick, who had the help of the wind to reach the other goal.

The peculiarity of the goalkeeper, who was playing for Stoke City at the time, was that his goal also became the first goal scored by a goalkeeper as they were played just 13 seconds before the match against Southampton.

“Who would have thought that I could have experienced all this as a goalkeeper. First that goal, and now the Guinness Book of Records. I am really happy for this award and I will hang the certificate I received in a special place,” he said after having received the award. mention.