MUNICH, Germany— Sam Franklin Jr.'s voice can cut through a lot of noise. And on Sunday night in Munich—with the Panthers and Giants heading to overtime, a crowd of 70,132 belting out the final notes of "Sweet Caroline" and the Carolina sideline trying to keep a lid on the anticipation that was palpably building since Josey Jewell recovered a fumble, his second turnover of the day, the latter one in overtime, giving the Panthers the ball back at the Giants 23-yard line—there was a lot of noise.

Isolated by his kicking net, tucked at the end of the bench near the 20-yard line, Eddy Piñeiro, is used to entering his bubble before a big kick. But when Franklin skipped over, just before the kicker went out for the game winning kick, his voice penetrated.

"Hey, believe with all your heart," Franklin yelled at Piñeiro. "Head down, then boot it!"

After Franklin's message got through though, Piñeiro was back in his bubble.

"Doing the same thing I always do, just stay calm, take a couple of deep breaths and then when I go out there just disconnect, point to the sky like I always do and ask God to give me, give me peace," Piñeiro said of the moments leading up to his job on the field.

The Giants got the ball first in overtime, tied at 17-all, and with the benefit of having won the coin toss. A touchdown on their drive would've won and ended the game. Instead, on the first play of overtime, A'Shawn Robinson punched out a fumble that Jewell recovered.

"I did not expect that," Piñeiro admitted. "When I saw that, I just started instantly kicking balls into the net, just getting warm, stay ready for the opportunity to come."

The Panthers ran three plays, all short Chuba Hubbard runs, giving Piñeiro time to warm up his leg, get the requisite pep talk from Franklin and receive none—per request—from coach Dave Canales.

Asked if he said anything to his kicker before he ran out for the game-winning kick, Canales laughed, "Absolutely not!"

"I just let Eddy be Eddy. He went out there, he had his process, he went through it just like he would on any other kick. And we always talk about, the bigger the moment, the smaller the focus."

Piñeiro's focus was admittedly small on Sunday night in Munich. On not only the 36-yard field goal to give the Panthers the 20-17 win, but on the man he wanted to honor with said kick there in the FC Bayern's Allianz Arena.

"Since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to be a professional soccer player, but it's mostly more for my dad," Piñeiro shared after the win. "My dad had a chance to come to Germany (and play) and he didn't take it because he had me and my sister. So, it was a dream for him, and I was dedicated for him."

Piñerio's father wasn't able to make the trip to Munich. He had a serious heart attack a couple of weeks ago, causing Piñeiro to miss a day of practice to go be with the family in a moment of fear His father is doing better and recovering, but the travel was too much at this point.

So there on the field, with a raucous crowd ready to explode either way, Piñeiro kept his focus small, the noise tuned out and thought of only the kick and his dad.

When the game winner sailed right down the middle, everything got loud again. Xavier Woods sprinted off the sideline, locked in on his kicker. Feleipe Franks got to him first though, practically carrying his teammate down the field in celebration. They all had to keep up with Piñeiro though, who was sprinting toward the opposite end zone.

It looked to the outsider like a soccer celebration. But Piñeiro was still keeping his focus small and had one person in mind.

"I was just running down to see my mom," Piñeiro admitted. "It was awesome too, I just wanted to point at her and tell her, you know, we're here; we're together and we did it and it was, it was an awesome moment."