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Olimpico

American  
[uh-lim-pi-koh, oh-lim-] / əˈlɪm pɪ koʊ, oʊˈlɪm- /
Sometimes Olympico

noun

Soccer.
  1. Also called Olimpico goal.  a goal scored directly from a corner kick without being touched by another player.


Etymology

Origin of Olimpico

First recorded in 1920-25; so called after Argentinian player Cesareo Onzari scored against reigning Olympic champion Uruguay from a corner kick.

Example Sentences

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His broadcast had barely begun before he made his first mistake, welcoming viewers to the Stadio Olimpico, instead of Milan's fabled San Siro which had been chosen for the curtain-raising ceremony.

From BBC

A hulking glass-and-steel cubo olimpico plays home to international TV studios, while lines of tourists wait for mascots and merch at the Olympic megastore.

From The Wall Street Journal

The wildest race ever held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, began with a man in a blue jacket flinging himself off the Trampolino Olimpico ski jump, dodging the bullets of a champion biathlete and ripping down the mountain and through trees while being chased by assassins on motorcycles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scotland didn't just start treading water when they ran out into Stadio Olimpico on Saturday, they've been doing it for too long now.

From BBC

Roma are seven points behind Inter but a win at Stadio Olimpico in Sunday's late fixture would put Gian Piero Gasperini's team just one behind Milan and help keep Juve at bay.

From Barron's