extra time

noun

sport an additional period played at the end of a match, to compensate for time lost through injury or (in certain circumstances) to allow the teams to achieve a conclusive result

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"If it goes to extra time then I won't see that... but we will have won by then, obviously!"

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Open Cup game with LAFC’s NextPro team went into extra time late on a chilly weeknight, few in the crowd left.

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Staffordshire Police said officers had been granted extra time to question the two suspects.

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The England centre-back scored the second of two goals in the 120th minute of extra time to send United through to the semi-finals of the Europa League with a 7-6 aggregate victory.

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Never before have five goals been scored during a period of extra time in a European knockout fixture.

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