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.

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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

England looked dazed and at the end of days, as the clock went red, the ball went dead and the Stadio Olimpico lit up and leapt to its feet around them.

From BBC

Atkinson says their relationship remains strong despite no longer being in the same club dressing room - and it will be something he leans on when they come under pressure in Rome's Stadio Olimpico.

From BBC

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