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It's September 1988. A soccer match is being played at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea,

between tournament favorites Italy and the Central African nation of Zambia.

Despite being the underdogs, Zambia have found themselves one goal ahead,

but victory is far from certain.

Zambian winger Kalucia Boala takes advantage of a break and play to glance up at the scoreboard.

There's 35 minutes left on the clock, plenty of time for Italy to equalize and reverse what would

be the biggest upset of this year's games. Kalucia knows his team will probably need to score at

least one more goal to secure victory, so he turns his eyes back to the field as play resumes.

Zambian keeper clears his goal line with a long upfield kick.

A Zambian forward receives the ball. He turns and dribbles toward the goal, but he can't get far,

because an Italian defender recklessly slides in taking out the Zambian player.

The referee blows his whistle and awards a free kick to Zambia, just outside Italy's penalty area.

Kalucia runs over to the ball. There's no arguing who should take this free kick.

Kalucia is Zambia's captain and star player. He's renowned for his formidable left foot and flawless

technique. So Kalucia inhales and exhales slowly, trying to calm his nerves. He stands over the ball

and eyes the goal. The angle is extremely tight for a free kick, but Kalucia notices that the goalkeeper

has left a small gap undefended to his right-hand side. Zambian captain narrows his eyes and kicks

the ball perfectly. He gracefully bends around the wall defenders and missiles into the bottom

corner of the net. As the Zambian players swarm around their captain, Kalucia turns toward the

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