Sentence examples for silver goals from inspiring English sources

I'm glad we've got rid of... Golden and silver goals.

In addition to ending golden and silver goals in overtime, the board also: *Limited substitutions to six in friendly matches.

FIFA, the sport's worldwide governing body, recently dropped its "golden" and "silver" goals to settle tie games and mandated that leagues around the world would have to conform to the overtime rule by July 1.

A variation, the 'silver goal' - whereby a knockout game would stop after the first period of extra time if one side were in front - was used at Euro 2004, but both golden and silver goals were discontinued that year.

Now FAQs... What is a silver goal?

The silver goal, introduced by Uefa in 2002, was an irritating fudge.

A silver goal, kids, is a goal that is scored in the first half of extra-time.

The Euro 2004 semi-final between Greece and Czech Republic remains the only competitive match to have been decided by a silver goal.

The game will be settled during or after extra time, possibly by a silver goal or possibly by penalties.

There'll be no golden or silver goal buffoonery to worry about - it's two sides of 15 minutes, followed by penalties if necessary.

It was bad enough suffering a golden goal defeat at Euro 96 in the final to Germany, but the silver goal defeat to Greece in 2004 was even harder to stomach.