Watch Pedro Goncalves Beat Arsenal Keeper Aaron Ramsdale From Halfway Line To Score Outrageous Europa League Goal

Sporting Lisbon midfielder Pedro Goncalves stunned the Emirates Stadium on Thursday night by scoring an outrageous goal against Arsenal from the halfway line.
Watch Pedro Goncalves Beat Arsenal Keeper Aaron Ramsdale From Halfway Line To Score Outrageous Europa League Goal
Watch Pedro Goncalves Beat Arsenal Keeper Aaron Ramsdale From Halfway Line To Score Outrageous Europa League Goal /

Sporting Lisbon midfielder Pedro Goncalves stunned the Emirates Stadium during Thursday's Europa League round of 16 second leg by scoring an outrageous goal from close to the halfway line.

Goncalves netted his 16th goal of the season in remarkable style as he launched a rocket over the head of Arsenal keeper Aaron Ramsdale from 46 yards.

The goal arrived 62 minutes into the game and leveled the score at 3-3 on aggregate after Granit Xhaka had earlier fired Arsenal 1-0 up on the night, a week on from a 2-2 draw in the first leg in Portugal.

Sporting Lisbon players pictured celebrating after Pedro Goncalves (left) scored against Arsenal from the halfway line in a Europa League game in March 2023
Sporting Lisbon players pictured celebrating after Pedro Goncalves (left) scored against Arsenal from the halfway line :: IMAGO/PA Images/John Walton

In the immediate aftermath of Sporting's spectacular equalizer, Arsenal players gathered in a huddle as Xhaka urged his teammates not to let the goal rock them.

The game then went to extra time and eventually penalties.

Sporting won the shootout 5-3 to progress to the quarter-finals.


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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.