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Lads, this competition has struggled for votes so just thought i'd call it early.
You can just vote for your favourite out of the 8 that went through in Round 1 if you want to.
Do it via the Poll as well as the comment on here if you can please.
The Final -
Goal 1 -
Gheorghe Hagi ~ ROMANIA v Columbia
Date - Saturday 18th June 1994 (4.30pm)
Location - Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Att - 91,856
Match - 1994 Group A match
Scoreline - Romania 3 Columbia 1
Goal 2 -
Maxi Rodriguez - ARGENTINA v Mexico
Date - Saturday 24th June 2006
Location - Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
Att - 43,000
Match - Last 16 Match
Scorline - Argentina 2 Mexico 1 (After Extra Time)
Goal 3 -
Tim Cahill - AUSTRALIA v Holland
Location - Estadio Beira~Rio, Porto Alegre
Date - Wednesday 18th June 2014 (1pm)
Att - 42,877
Match - Group B Match
Scoreline - Australia 2 Holland 3
Goal 4 -
James Rodriguez - COLUMBIA v Uruguay (2014)
Date - Saturday 28th June 2014
Location - Maracanã, Rio De Janiero
Att - 73,804
Match - Round 16 Knockout Match
Scoreline - Columbia 2 Uruguay 0
Goal 5 -
Archie Gemmell - SCOTLAND v Holland (1978)
Date - Sunday 11th June 1978 (4.45pm)
Location - Estadio Ciudad De Mendoza, Mendoza
Att - 35,130
Match - Group 4 Match
Scoreline - Scotland 3 Holland 2
Goal 6 -
Hristo Stoichkov - BULGARIA v Mexico (1994)
Date - Tuesday 5th July 1994 (4.30pm)
Location - Giants Stadium, New Jersey
Att - 71,030
Match - Round 16 Knockout Match
Scoreline - Bulgaria 1 Mexico 1 (Bulgaria win 3-1 pens)
Goal 7 -
Esteban Cambiasso - ARGENTINA v Serbia and Montenegro (2006)
Date - Friday 16th June 2006
Location - FIFA WM Stadion Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen
Att - 52,000
Match - Group C Match
Scoreline - Argentina 6 Serbia+Montenegro 0
Goal 8 -
Diego Maradona - ARGENTINA v England (1986)
Date - Sunday 22nd June 1986 (NOON)
Location - Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Att - 114,580
Match - 1986 World Cup Quarter Final
Scoreline - Argentina 2 England 1
Voting Closes later Today (Wednesday 30th May) at 10PM
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Goals Through Round 1 -
1. GHEORHE HAGI ~ Romania 3 v Columbia 1 (1994)
2.MAXI RODRIGUEZ ~ Argentina 2 v Mexico 1 (A.E.T) (2006)
3.TIM CAHILL ~ Australia 2 v Holland 3 (2014)
4.JAMES RODRIGUEZ ~ Columbia 2 v Uruguay (2014)
5.ARCHIE GEMMELL ~ Scotland 3 Holland 2
6.HRISTO STOICHKOV ~ Bulgaria 1 Mexico 1 *Bulgaria win 3-1 pens*
7.ESTEBAN CAMBIASSO ~ Argentina 6 Serbia+Montenegro 0 (2006)
8.DIEGO MARADONA ~ Argentina 2 England 1 (1986)
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Goals Eliminated Round 1 -
1. Denis Bergkamp ~ Holland 2 v Argentina 1 (1998)
2.Ray Houghton ~ ROI 1 v Italy 0 (1994)
3.Hristo Stoichkovic ~ Bulgaria 2 v Germany 1 (1994)
4.Zinedine Zidane ~ France 1 v Italy 1 *Italy win 5-3 pens* (2006)
5.David Narey ~ Scotland 1 v Brazil 4 (1982)
6.Robin Van Persie ~ Holland 5 Spain 1 (2014)
7.Arie Haan ~ Holland 2 v Italy 1 (1978)
8.Saeed Al-Owairan ~ Suadia Arabia 1 Belgium 0 (1994)
9.Marco Tardelli ~ Italy 3 West Germany 1 (1982)
10.Dario Rodriguez ~ Uruguay 1 Denmark 2 (2002)
11.Jared Borgetti ~ Mexico 1 Italy 1 (2002)
12.Yordan Letchkov ~ Bulgaria 2 West Germany 1 (1994)
13.Diego Maradona ~ Argentina 2 Belgium 0 (1986)
14.Edmilson ~ Brazil 5 Costa Rica 2 (2002)
15.Carlos Alberto ~ Brazil 4 Italy 1 (1970)
16.Pele ~ Brazil 4 Italy 1 (1970)
17.Giovanni Van Bronkhorst ~ Uruguay 2 Holland 3 (2010)
18.Joe Cole ~ Sweden 2 England 2 (2006)
19.Gordon Strachan ~ Scotland 1 West Germany 2 (1986)
20.Enzo Scifo ~ Belgium 3 Uruguay 1 (1990)
21.Michael Owen ~ England 2 Argentina 2 *Argentina win 4-3 on pens* (1998)
22.Negrete ~ Mexico 2 Bulgaria 0 (1986)
23.Pele ~ Brazil 5 Sweden 2 (1958)
24.Ronaldinho ~ Brazil 2 England 1 (2002)
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The goals by Maxi Rodriguez and James Rodriguez were very similar, spectacular efforts, as was the Tim Cahill strike. Maradona and and Gemmell great dribbles, Stoichkov brilliant timing and power, but it was between Cambiasso's fine team goal and Gheorghe Hagi's vision and brilliance for me, and Hagi shades it.
You'll maybe be goals very like the other seven at this year's WC, but doubt there will be a goal of such perception, accuracy, technique and brilliance as scored by Hagi in 1994.
Hope there is though!
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Gheorghe Hagi
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Cambiasso.
All pretty special goals in their own way.
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DIEGO MARADONA ~ Argentina 2 England 1 (1986)
I changed my mind 3 times at least.
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Maradona. Especially in the circumstances.
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Tek wrote:
Gheorghe Hagi
Do you think it was a shot or a cross?
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Arabnophobia wrote:
Tek wrote:
Gheorghe Hagi
Do you think it was a shot or a cross?
See if it was most other players mate i would suspect it was a miscued cross that got lucky.#
But it's Gheorge Hagi. The guy had an absolute wand of a left foot.
He meant it alright.
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Tekel Towers Best Ever World Cup Goal Winner = Gheorge Hagi (ROMANIA 3 Columbia 1 ~ USA '94)
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That was a tricky tough pick. Changed my mind mair than I'd expect. Braw viewing too for any fan of the game.
Hows about a best ever United goal? Who gives a fuck if 10 or 100 folk get involved.