VIDEO: Roma's Florenzi scores outrageous 65-yard goal vs. Barcelona
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That's some way to mark your first goal in European competition.
Roma full-back Alessandro Florenzi struck an audacious ball from just past the halfway line that fooled everyone and leveled the Champions League tie with Barcelona at 1-1 on Tuesday.
Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was helpless as he tracked back and watched one of the early contenders for goal of the year loop into his net, off the inside of the post.
Florenzi, who covered his face after the goal, could barely believe it. Neither could we.
It was his first goal in the Champions League, and it is one he will not soon forget.
55.5m - The distance from where @Florenzi took the shot that gave @OfficialASRoma the 1-1 equalizer vs Barcelona tonight. Genious.
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) September 16, 2015