Boardsies Decide : Greatest FIFA World Cup Goal

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 8:48pm #1

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......

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Omackeral · 07-09-2020 9:02pm

- 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 · 07-09-2020 9:05pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:07pm

Diao
Archetype one touch counterattack

Could you even imagine Ireland scoring a goal like that?

Necro · 07-09-2020 9:10pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:14pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:15pm

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

Necro · 07-09-2020 9:16pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:17pm

Diao as it was great counter attacking goal

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

Kolido · 07-09-2020 9:26pm

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

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 9:38pm

Salif Diao 14
Vasily Rats 8

Geoff Hurst 5

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 9:38pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:39pm

-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 · 07-09-2020 9:41pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:44pm

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 · 07-09-2020 9:45pm

Negret
Frings
Ronaldhino

Electric Nitwit · 07-09-2020 9:46pm

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

JP Liz V1 · 07-09-2020 9:57pm

Salif Diao

Ronaldinho

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 9:58pm

10 minutes remaining.

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 10:01pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:09pm

Ronaldinho 11
Negrete 10

Frings 6

Omackeral · 07-09-2020 10:10pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:13pm

This is tough as all three are good

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

Zaph · 07-09-2020 10:16pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:20pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:22pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:31pm

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 · 07-09-2020 10:34pm

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