Welcome to the 14th edition of The Athletic’s Friday quiz question.
At the end of every week, we’ll serve up a poser from our vault of football conundrums. It won’t be easy (unless you’re really good), but what better way to head into the weekend than to give your soccer-loving brain a bit of exercise? Chuck it in your group chats and see who knows their stuff.
Oh, and there’s no prize, except the quiet satisfaction of a job well done.
So, without any further delay…
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics takes place tonight, with the new Premier League season still three weeks away. But fear not, we can tie the two events together by celebrating the ‘Olympic goal’ (the name given to the act of scoring direct from a corner, dating from 1924).
James Ward-Prowse scored one for West Ham last season, joining a list that includes Steve Staunton, Douglas Luiz, Dwight McNeil and Charlie Adam as players to have scored one ‘Olimpico’ in the Premier League.
But can you name the only two players to have scored more than one Olympic goal in the Premier League? A clue: the two names are from very different eras.
Ward-Prowse bends one in from the corner 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Sn4UBzHfSp
— West Ham United (@WestHam) April 6, 2024
Check back later to learn the answer…
Nick Pope contemplates Everton’s Dwight McNeil scoring an ‘Olimpico’ in April 2023 (Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
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