Yahoo Sports contributors Christian Polanco, Alexis Guerreros and guest Troy Deeney relive the iconic, last-minute goal that Troy scored to help Watford advance to Wembley in 2013. Hear the full conversation on the “The Cooligans” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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When you hit it, you know, as soon as you make contact before, you know, it's the only goal I've ever scored where it went to like, like a matrix mode.

I didn't realize how close Casper Schweer was to saving it because in my head it was so like it slowed down.

It was like, oh, just kick it straight, you score.

He really was close to.

I never looked at that because the moment so, but then obviously here I said to my little brother as well, like I'm gonna score, be, be ready, I'm gonna score and I obviously didn't know it was gonna be this crazy.

But yeah, I did that because I was sent off before uh on the last game of the season.

So I missed the first leg of that and then secondary I started that year in jail.

I remember I had no preseason.

No, nothing.

So as that, like just to eclipse that whole year, do you know what I mean?

It's a bit and it's like a week, maybe two weeks before my dad's anniversary as well.

But I, the year of my losing my dad that he said so Yeah, it was kind of like a lot of, one of those things.

Yeah, I still don't know how I got my shot.

You see how many people running on the pitch?

I'm shocked you did.

I just want that, that, that my guy, this is no joke but don't want me to give him any credit.

No one gives anyone any credit.

Yeah.

That guy saying, you know what I mean?

You're in here, we're gonna talk to you about you but just to do you say to yourself I'm him after this.

Um honestly it was like job done next.

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