What does extra-time mean?

extra-time

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

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"Who was the first England player to force a save out of the West German goalkeeper in the first period of extra-time in the 1966 World Cup final?"
"The match would go to extra-time."
"The game started to slow toward the end of extra-time and I can honestly say those were the first moments when my thoughts started to wander to the prospect of a penalty shoot-out."

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