My favourite goal EVER scored (you won't ever see this again in football)

When Hell Unfreezes · Nov 27, 2004

leoriver said:

Bwahahahahahahahahaha Terry Butchers goal? Yeah ok..........
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Watch it very closely, you'll see that Madonna doesn't even have a shot, as the ball is whipped off her toes by Butcher!

DerMongerer · Nov 27, 2004

argentine soccer fan said:

The thing that made this goal amazing, and I still remember it from when I saw it live, is that the ball was volleyed or half-volleyed three times, I believe. What are the odds of getting that exactly right? These same players could try it for the rest of their lives, with no defenders, and never get it right again. But that is the kind of stuff that makes the game so beautiful to enjoy.
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That was EXACTLY my point when I said this was my favourite. What are the odds of ever seeing 2 teamates getting the timing right to half volley the ball to one another to score like that again? And not to mention off of a scissors kick. The odds of getting that perfectly right. No disrespect to other great goals meant whatsoever, but I truly believe I've never since a goal even remotely related to this on a football field before or since. All other great goals that I've heard or seen mentioned, I've seen duplicated to some degree on a football field.

Like you said, I think you could go out on a football field and try this, and possibly never get it right for the rest of your life. And Negete/Sanchez managed to pull this off in the midst of defenders.

argentine soccer fan · Nov 27, 2004

My favorite play ever has to be the fake that Pele put on Mazurkiewitz at the 1970 World Cup. It's too bad he couldn't finish it, because it would have been the greatest goal of all time. First, because he didn't touch the ball, which goes against every instinct a player has when facing the goalie on a one-on-one. Second, because he managed to completely fake out one of the great goalkeepers of all time and one who was particularly good at that type of one-on-one situations.

Soju Gorae · Nov 28, 2004

DerMongerer said:

Sorry Diego, but this WAS the best WC goal ever scored:

http://www.11meter.net/videos/videoplayer.php?id=vid_negrete.MOV
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Nice goal.

You should also take a ganders at Van der Vaart's scorpion goal if you like goals like that. I've never seen anythingl like it in my life. It was a once in a lifetime goal for sure. I don't think he will be able to do something like that again nor will there be a player who will score a goal like that in my lifetime. It was spontaneous and completely improvised where Van der Vaart adapted out of his awkward position in an instant to sink that goal.

If I'm wrong and another player did score a goal similar to that, then pretty please, post the clip.

Power_of_foot · Nov 28, 2004

Absolutely right.
That's the best goal of the century.
Plus, I liked romario's goal against the Netherlands in 1994 Quarter-final.

DerMongerer said:

Sorry Diego, but this WAS the best WC goal ever scored:

http://www.11meter.net/videos/videoplayer.php?id=vid_negrete.MOV
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Power_of_foot · Nov 28, 2004

Those kinds of goals aren't rare.
But most of the time, RVN scores by header or by single touch pass

DerMongerer said:

Well I understand your view, I just like the beauty of this goal as compared to individual run goals like Maradona's vs. England. Maradona like goals appear at least once a month in some league in the world. And even players like Adriano and Ruud van Nistelrooij not known for their dribbling skills have been able to dribble half the pitch to score.

And if you look closer, there's 3 nice passes on the play before the goal where the opposing team doesn't even get close to the ball even though they manage to half volley it back and forth to one another between the defenders. It's very difficult to complete 2 half volleys in between defenders and a diving scissors kick from that far away.
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Real Ray · Nov 28, 2004

http://www.geocities.com/castmind/schilacci.html

Even though Negrete's finish is clearly better, this goal by Toto in 1990 WC IMO is better. The combination of speed and touch inside the area is pretty amazing.

glennaldo_sf · Nov 28, 2004

One of my favorite goals of all time was scored by Nayim in the 1995 European Cup Winners Cup Final - Real Zaragoza vs. Arsenal. It was past the 120th minute - deep into exta time injury time and the scores locked at 1-1 when Nayim, with the last kick of the match, somehow hit the ball from wide out on virtually the halfway line into the sky, over David Seamen and just under the crossbar to win the game for Zaragoza with the last kick of the match. To make it even more ironic, Nayim was a former Tottenham Hotspur player. No idea what happened to him after that but that goal was certainly one of my all time faves.

When Hell Unfreezes · Dec 4, 2004

Lots of great goals here guys - not all the links work, but enough of them do to make it enjoyable - enjoy

http://www.soccerclips.net/alphagoals.htm

wanderingpress · Dec 6, 2004

lovely discussion.

how about rivaldo's chest-bike-slam in '01 (i think) to put barca on top and in the CL.

Soju Gorae · Dec 6, 2004

wanderingpress said:

lovely discussion.

how about rivaldo's chest-bike-slam in '01 (i think) to put barca on top and in the CL.
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You should check out Gudjohnsen's no-trap overhead kick goal against Leeds about 2 seasons ago. The guy didn't even trap the ball with his chest as Rivaldo did and took a whack at it non-stop with an overhead from a right-wing cross.

wanderingpress · Dec 6, 2004

un-lucky for given

gives a whole new meaning to "sneaky"

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~dlau/cool/oops.mpeg

Rommul · Dec 6, 2004

DerMongerer said:

1st paragraph: You're entitled to you personal opinion as am I, the difference is, I've seen Dario Rodriguez's goal duplicated many a time on the football field to some degree (think Alan Shearer vs. Everton last year), but Negrete's goal I haven't.
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Go back and watch the Dario goal and look at the way the player who made the final pass controlled before making the pass.

DerMongerer said:

2nd statement: Yes Maradona's goal may be considered the best ever in a WC
, but this was voted goal of the tournament in 1986. How impressive is that Maradona goal, when considering non-dribbling players like Van Nistelrooij & Adriano are also able to race half the field to score against defenders? And Ronaldo in his prime at Barca could do that goal weekly WITH defenders physically trying to pull him to the ground.
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So what? Just because you see a lot of cheap long runs doesn't mean that Diegos goal is any less special.

nsamsarmy · Dec 6, 2004

Mine was Paul Gascoigne's goal against Scotland in Euro '96. He flicks the ball from behind him over a defender and volleys it before it hits the ground past the keeper. It was absolutely magic.

Rommul · Dec 6, 2004

Soju Gorae said:

Nice goal.

You should also take a ganders at Van der Vaart's scorpion goal if you like goals like that. I've never seen anythingl like it in my life. It was a once in a lifetime goal for sure. I don't think he will be able to do something like that again nor will there be a player who will score a goal like that in my lifetime. It was spontaneous and completely improvised where Van der Vaart adapted out of his awkward position in an instant to sink that goal.

If I'm wrong and another player did score a goal similar to that, then pretty please, post the clip.
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A player from PSG scored one like that in Champions League this year.

DerMongerer · Dec 7, 2004

Rommul said:

Go back and watch the Dario goal and look at the way the player who made the final pass controlled before making the pass.

So what? Just because you see a lot of cheap long runs doesn't mean that Diegos goal is any less special.
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1. Nevertheless I've seen goals like that scored before. The goal I like the best I haven't seen on a football field before. Again, it is my personal preference. If you have goals you find better, then hey more power to you.
My reason for this thread is that I think the goal is unknown by many, and I'd like it to get the credit I feel it deserves. I wasn't necessarily trying to detract from other great goals.

2. Cheap long runs? Again the point I was making, I think the rarer that you see some variation of a goal, the more special it is, and more unlikely you'll ever see it again. Van Basten 88 for example comes to mind. And Negrete's
in WC1986.

I've never implied that Diego's goal "isn't" special, I've merely implied that individual run goals are commonplace in football, but goals involving 2 or more
teammates like the one I've posted in my personal opinion are more difficult
to pull off.