injury time
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injury time (uncountable)
(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.
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A dramatic injury time header from Kendall Watson secured a fourth qualification out of the last five for Costa Rica.
Dele Alli finished off the rout from the penalty spot in injury time.
But no harm was done as with just seconds to go of the three minutes of injury time, Egan sparked wild celebrations after nodding home his second of the season.
He did, however, redeem himself in injury time when a French defender fumbled the ball, enabling a Portuguese player to mount a last-moment attack.
Manchester United equalised with minute but the real drama came in injury time when a Calvert-Lewin shot deflected by Harry Maguire found the back of the net.
Ramzi Holan scored in injury time to earn Saudi Arabia’s Under-23s a last-gasp win over their South African counterparts Saturday night’s action-packed friendly in Jeddah.