South Americans call it an "Olympic goal". The more prosaic British term is "scoring direct from a corner". Roberto Carlos is a master of the art, as demonstrated by this opportunistic goal for Corinthians against Portuguesa.
Carlos, master of the spectacular (and, in fairness, the thump into the stands) took advantage of a distraction by rival goalkeeper Weverton, who was organising his defence, to curl the ball in off the far post from the corner flag in the 20th minute.
"That was the first Olympic goal of my career. It took a long time coming, right," a grinning Roberto Carlos told reporters as he was kissed on his bald head by former Brazil team mate Ronaldo. Corinthians went onto win 2-0.
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