Boardsies Decide : Greatest FIFA World Cup Goal

Omackeral

Euro 2020 may be cancelled but that won't stop us getting stuck into some top class international football talk. This tournament will pit 48 of the best goals ever scored on the grandest stage of them all and it's up to us here to choose our greatest of all time. It could be a banger, it could be sheer skill, it could be a team effort or it could even be infamous. Whatever it is, we'll have a great trip down memory lane deciding it. Stay tuned, it's coming up next......

Omackeral

- We have 48 teams in the mix here. What that means is we will have 16 groups of 3. When selecting your group winners and runners up, do it in order of preference. The top 2 from each group will progress. Top gets 3 points, second gets 2 points and third recieves 1. From there we enter the knockout stages.

- All draws are made using a number generator.

- I do ask that you view each clip in its entirety before voting, as mutiple angles can provide an even better view than what you initially see.

- Reasons are welcome and will be used in tie break situations.

- Each group match will last 30 minutes

- Have fun!

Omackeral

Salif Diao (Senegal vs Denmark, 2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FnfqOQQpzw

VS

Vasily Rats (USSR vs France, 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgRr6r_pPww

VS

Geoff Hurst (England vs West Germany, 1966)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uhe_l1h3w8

ionadnapokot

Diao
Archetype one touch counterattack

Could you even imagine Ireland scoring a goal like that?

Necro

Hurst's obviously the more memorable, and Diao's probably the best team move of the trio, but I'm a sucker for those long range rockets.

Vasily Rats gets my vote here.

(I've updated the AH Tourney thread with a link to this one for ya Omack)

Electric Nitwit

1. Diao - perfect from initial tackle to finish
2. Hurst - great take and turn
3. Rats - personal thing here, but I never rate long range piledrivers as I feel there's always a slice of luck in them. Think how many you see fly into row Z

Looking forward to this Mackers - crazy busy so I don't know how much I'll be able to follow but I know I'm going to enjoy it when I can

Omackeral

Don't forget to vote for your numbers 2 and 3 also, top two go through!

Necro

Ah, whoops.

Gonna go with Diao number 2 and Hurst number 3. Was a great team goal and Hurst loses points for the controversial side of it

ArnoldJRimmer

Diao as it was great counter attacking goal

Then Rats. Hursts doesn't even come into it for me

Kolido

1 Diao, wish he had done that for Liverpool
2 Ratts, they always look good
3 Hurst, wasnt even a goal.

Omackeral

Salif Diao 14
Vasily Rats 8

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Geoff Hurst 5

Omackeral

Manuel Negrete (Mexico v Bulgaria, 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV92Cp4Qmkg

VS

Ronaldinho (Brazil vs England, 2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExUX7MBk5UM

VS

Torsten Frings (Germany vs Costa Rica, 2006)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUh-LstaVVY

rdwight

-1 Diao,
2 Ratts, agree about piledrivers
3 Hurst, wasn't even a goal plus that day was the worst day of my life (sports-wise); something I have in common with Denis Law:

"Denis Law, the Scottish Manchester United striker, refused to watch the match and played a round of golf instead. But as he walked off the 18th green, he heard a roar from the clubhouse. He knew what it meant:

“England had won the World Cup. It was the blackest day of my life.”
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-the-world-reacted-to-englands-1966-win

Necro

Negrete - stunning technique
Frings - again, I'm a fan of the long range efforts
Ronaldinho - great free kick, but more amplified by poor GK positioning imo anyways.

rdwight

1. Ronaldinho - normally wouldn't go for free kick but it was against England and it was a beauty. It was so good I wouldn't really blame Seaman

2. Negrete
3 Frings

ArnoldJRimmer

Negret
Frings
Ronaldhino

Electric Nitwit

1. Ronaldinho - you can't do that!
2. Negrete - you can't do that!
3. Fringes - again, piledrivers are lucky

JP Liz V1

Salif Diao

Ronaldinho

Omackeral

10 minutes remaining.

Omackeral

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Salif Diao

Ronaldinho

You're supposed to choose 3 from the same group :P

Diao is already through from his match. So this match is Negrete vs Ronaldinho vs Frings. Pick in order of preference!

Omackeral

Ronaldinho 11
Negrete 10

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Frings 6

Omackeral

Archie Gemill (Scotland vs Netherlands, 1978)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4mHle333FM

VS

Carlos Alberto (Brazil vs Italy, 1970)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4mhWyBb5Ow

VS

Kenneth Andersson (Sweden vs Brazil, 1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT6Z2Wmy3_g

Necro

This is tough as all three are good

Andersson - love the finish.
Archie Gemill - great individual skill
Carlos Alberto - barnburner of a strike

Zaph

Carlos Alberto - the greatest WC goal ever imo. To do that in a final is incredible, and it's as much about the build-up play as the finish.
Archie Gemmill - another of my nominations, a goal I'll always remember from when I was a kid.
Kenneth Andersson - cracking goal, just not as good as the other two imo.

cdeb

I don't think Carlos Alberto deserves to win the overall thing tbh; there's far better goals there, but it has a place in the game that's kind of unchallenged.

I'll put it through here though ahead of Gemmill (Jongbloed committed himself way too early) and Andersson (nice clip, but nothing particularly special)

trashcan

We all know what's going to win this, don't we ? Maradonna against England is a shoe in.







Mind you, his second wasn't bad either

ArnoldJRimmer

I'm gonna go Gemill first as its a class goal, and Trainspotting
Then Carlos Alberto, and iconic goal
Nothing wrong with Anderssons goal, the other two are just classics

Electric Nitwit

1. Gemill - it's ridiculous. If that was Brazil people would still be salivating
2. Andersson - great control, and then the pure nonchalance to dink it with the outside of the boot
3. Alberto - genuinely never understood the love. It's walking pace, all the passes are routine. It's embarrassing defence

Omackeral

Archie Gemill 12
Carlos Alberto 10

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Kenneth Andersson 7

Omackeral

We'll do one more group for tonight...

Omackeral

Jared Borgetti (Mexico vs Italy, 2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mHNTnJDLfw

VS

Tim Cahill (Australia vs Netherlands, 2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KclL7m1uBco

VS

Josimar (Brazil vs Northern Ireland, 1986)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRY8-sRxUII

cdeb

Cahill is a title contender. Brilliant technique.

I think Josimar just takes second for me - very similar to the Ronaldinho goal actually; the trajectory and the keepers' reactions in particular.

Love the unexpected angles in the Borgetti goal, but just gets squeezed out for me

JP Liz V1

Josimar 1st
Tim Cahill 2nd
Jared Borgetti 3rd

Omackeral

Just over 5 minutes remaining

Omackeral

Tim Cahill 5
Josimar 5
- - - - -
Jared Borgetti 2

Arghus

Drat! Missed out on a few there.

That Cahill goal is seriously underrated in the pantheon of great World Cup goals. The technique is outrageous. Easily the best goal of 2014 for me.

Omackeral

Plenty more group stage action to go so no worries if you missed the opening evening. We’ll be back tonight with more belters.

Omackeral

Hopefully get this one going before 8:30pm

Omackeral

Ray Houghton (Ireland vs Italy, 1994)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGQplbF_akc

VS

Hans Krankl (Austria vs West Germany, 1978)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-hpafbbkrc

VS

Robbie Keane (Ireland vs Germany, 2002)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIexE4B1GHY

Skylinehead

I'm going with Robbie. Have that commentary and memory baked into me.

Omackeral

Skylinehead wrote: »

I'm going with Robbie. Have that commentary and memory baked into me.

Just a reminder that it's top two progressing. So rank them in order of preference. Who's your runner-up?

Electric Nitwit

Oh this is impossible. Should we vote with the heart or try to be impartial?
That Krankl goal is a gem but Houghton's is a cracker too, and Robbie's stirs so many emotions...

cdeb

Controversial - two Ireland goals together!

I like the Keane goal. Football is great when a goal comes out of absolutely nothing. The surprise of a direct goal at its best beats a 20-move pass.

So Keane for me, ahead of Krankl, and Houghton unfortunately isn't at the races. Though like an ugly child, I still love it.

Skylinehead

Omackeral wrote: »

Just a reminder that it's top two progressing. So rank them in order of preference. Who's your runner-up?

You can tell I'm a blow-in who didn't read the rules.

I shall pretend to be impartial and have Krankl's excellent strike second, I don't remember 94 so much :pac:

1. Keane
2. Krankl
3. Houghton

Electric Nitwit

OK, I'm going to vote on the quality of the goal, with a little bias added into the mix

1. Houghton - nips in to steal it from the defensive masters, sees the keeper off his line and calmly lifts it over and in. It's majestic
2. Krankl - beautiful hit, but he's falling so it has some fortune to it, unlike Houghton
3. Keane - breaks my heart. I remember that moment, still gives me goosebumps, but the goal itself isn't as good as the other two (not that it needs my vote by the look of it!)

Omackeral

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Oh this is impossible. Should we vote with the heart or try to be impartial?
That Krankl goal is a gem but Houghton's is a cracker too, and Robbie's stirs so many emotions...

I anxiously await your shout!

Omackeral

10 minutes remaining in Group E

Arghus

Number one would be Krankel: the initial control of the first touch is pretty nifty in its own right, but to get that power and placement on it, all in one movement, without it hitting the ground, while falling at an angle is, all in all, pretty amazing. Something very satisfying about the angles involved.

Number two would be Ray Houghton: he gets a bit lucky, with the keeper being completely out of position, but you make your own luck sometimes. The way he chests the ball into his stride is underrated, great anticipation, and even though it eventually floats into the net he has to angle his body and get power on it to make it happen. It's a more difficult strike then it looks at first glance

Number three is Robbie Keane: it's an iconic goal and in terms of pure drama it has the other two beat, but it's just not as good objectively as the other choices. Long ball, textbook flick on, in fairness Keane does well - he reads what's going on before the defenders and his speed fools the defender into slicing at nothing as he runs through and there is instinctive cleverness in the way he angles the ball above Kahn who has spread himself - well is more like a boulder in mid flight. Bit fluky too all the same, Kahn nearly gets his body in the way. Not a bad goal, certainly dramatic, but we've all seen similar goals down through the years.

Necro

Keane
Houghton
Krankel

Heart over head here admittedly

Reberetta

1. Krankl
2. Houghton
3. Keane

Omackeral

Krankl 13
Keane 12

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Houghton 11