"Spelaren skjuter bollen i mål."

Translation: The player shoots the ball in the goal.

[lesliewilman]

I visualize the player with a pistol taking a shot at one of several balls, the one in the goal. If he is kicking a ball, or driving it with a hockey stick, it will be "into" (the) goal.

[sotnosen93]

This answer is accepted too.

[GodlessGoat]

Why does this sentence appear in Politics instead of Sport?

[sotnosen93]

Because of the word "skjuter". The sentences aren't handpicked for each lesson, Duo has a list of words to teach and randomly picks sentences containing these words, disregarding context. As for why the word "skjuter" is in the "politics" lesson, a contributor comment in another comment section said that the default politics lesson, which this one is based on, includes words related to war, like for example how you shoot a gun.

[MattBush2]

in the goal is a bit too literal in English. into would better convey the action.

[StuartFras5]

And even that's a bit... odd. Grammatical but you'd never say it.

[Beanybadger]

Why is it not in i in this sentence?

[sotnosen93]

No real reason other than a quirk of the language, I'd say.

[jhmelman]

Does it mean the player scored or that s/he shot on target? At least in soccer, there can be shots (which totally missed the goal), shots on target (but the goalkeeper/other player prevented the successful score) and goals (self-explanatory).

[sotnosen93]

It specifically means s/he scored.

[StefanHild]

into instead of in?