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Father of Canada’s Julia Grosso describes watching daughter’s golden penalty kick
Tokyo Olympic Games.Perhaps no one was more nervous than the parents of Julia Grosso, the Canadian midfielder who was pegged to take the penalty kick that could give Canada victory.“Tension” was the word Carlos Grosso used to describe the atmosphere at their family home in Coquitlam, B.C., as Julia approached the penalty spot.Swedish goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl managed to get a hand on Grosso’s shot, which deflected into the top of the net to give the Canadian women’s soccer team its first-ever Olympic gold medal.“We were all nervous, very, very nervous,” Carlos told 980 CKNW’s Simi Sara.