A football punter netted a huge return from a bet builder on Tuesday's match between Inter Milan and Barcelona.
Inter and Barca ended the two-legged Champions League semi-final tie with the scores level at 6-6 on aggregate.
Davie Frattesi scored in extra time to send Inter through to the final and deny Barca a first appearance in European club football's showpiece since 2015.
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Scattered throughout the chaos of an extraordinary match in Milan were the four things the mystery punter needed to happen to turn a modest stake of £5 into the thick end of £3,000.
The four lines applied to the regulation 90 minutes of the second leg and amounted to a double of doubles, half of which would have been incredibly difficult to predict.
The happy punter backed Inter midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu to tick off two achievements: get booked and score a goal.
Turkish international Calhanoglu is no stranger to either and had already scored three times and been shown the yellow card twice in this season's Champions League alone.
He's a good bet for a goal as a set piece specialist and scored from the penalty spot after Inter were awarded a penalty for Pau Cubarsi's foul on Lautaro Martinez after a VAR review.
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Calhanoglu's name had already been taken by referee Szymon Marciniak for a foul on Lamine Yamal. He was booked in the first leg too.
Backing Francesco Acerbi to get booked and score a goal was more ambitious.
Inter defender Acerbi hadn't done either in the Champions League or in Serie A this season and the punter must have been quietly cursing their dismissal of the data when the second leg ticked into stoppage time.
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But the 37-year-old was at the heart of the maelstrom when all hell broke loose in time added on.
After Raphinha put Barcelona 3-2 up in the dying minutes of normal time, Inter's veteran centre-back popped up in the visitors' six-yard box to clip a striker's finish into the roof of the net and send the tie to extra time.
It was the first European goal of Acerbi's career. There's only one way to celebrate that and he was duly cautioned for removing his shirt.
One small fine for an Italian footballer, one giant lump sum payment for a thrilled punter. Bravo.
Topics: Champions League, Inter Milan, Barcelona
Chris Nee