0 the first goal scored during a period of extra time in a football game, which ends the game and means that the team who scored it wins
The main criticism of golden goal is the quickness of ending the game, and the pressure on coaches and players.
However, the rules for the competition decreed that the game should have been decided on the golden goal rule in extra time.
Matches finishing in a draw after 80 minutes proceeded to a golden goal overtime consisting of two 10 minute halves.
The similar silver goal supplemented the golden goal between 2002 and 2004.
However, it was widely thought that golden goal rules encouraged teams to play more defensively to safeguard against a loss.
Competitions that operated extra time would be able to decide whether to use the golden goal, the silver goal, or neither procedure during extra time.
The winning goal is known as the golden goal.
The 2000 tournament was also decided by a golden goal.
