Realising that they had been caught up, the defenders scrambled to get back.
Kobel stepped forward too, but ultimately Carlo got his boot to it before Kobel could claim it and poked it, just enough, redirecting it past the keeper's outstretched hand and into the net, and the moment it did, the Signal Iduna went silent.
The Wigan players, on the other hand, forgot it was a pre-season game.
Leo took one step toward Carlo, but then stopped and turned to look back at Reyes, who was getting to his feet.
Reyes looked at him and raised a hand before Leo turned back and jogged toward Carlo, and by the time he got there, the rest of them were already there, arriving in a pack, and they came down on Carlo's back with open palms and grabbed him.
"Carlo Regutti," the commentator said.
"Carlo Regutti has scored his first goal for Wigan Athletic, and what a moment to score it. It's only pre-season, but a first goal is still a first, and nothing takes away from that.
