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 | | The golden goal rule was in place for ten years, having first been deployed by FIFA at the World Youth Championship Australia 1993 as a new means of establishing the winner of a game. |
 | | The original “Golden Boy”, as he was later christened, Germany’s Oliver Bierhoff was the first player to net a golden goal in an official senior-level competition, and in dramatic circumstances too. |
 | | This golden goal was a little bit special, as befits the last to be scored in an official senior competition, almost 10 years to the day from its adoption by the football community. |
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