How many minutes of injury time?
KWAN-tee mee-NOO-tee dee reh-KOO-peh-roh.
When the fourth official holds up the board showing added time. The number of minutes of recovery time can dramatically change the emotional tone of a match.
I minuti di recupero is the injury time or stoppage time — literally 'recovery minutes'. In Italian football, this is also called 'i minuti aggiuntivi' or simply 'il recupero'. Five or more minutes of injury time can turn a match completely.
Cinque minuti di recupero — ancora tutto possibile!
Five minutes of injury time — everything still possible!
Excitement at a long stoppage time while losing.
Basta che non segni nel recupero.
As long as they don't score in injury time.
Anxiety when leading narrowly.
Gol al novantasettesimo!
Goal in the ninety-seventh minute!
Celebrating or lamenting a last-gasp goal.
Some of Italian football's most dramatic moments have come in injury time (recupero). Francesco Totti's penalty equaliser for Roma in the 93rd minute of the 2001 Derby della Capitale is legendary. Italian fans call dramatic late goals 'gol beffa' when scored against you, or 'gol salvezza' when they rescue a point.