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  What it means

  Literally “contact goal.” A goal that brings a losing team back into contention — reducing the deficit and making the game competitive again. Used in football commentary and figuratively for any move that keeps someone in the game.

  Vocabulary

  • gol — goal
  • kontaktowy — contact, connecting (adjective)

  Grammar note

  'Kontaktowy' is a masculine nominative adjective agreeing with 'gol'.

  Cultural context

  Football is hugely popular in Poland and football vocabulary frequently crosses into everyday speech.

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