Goal of the Tournament

[Maltin]

Not sure there is a direct link to this but at the top of the BBC World Cup website currently there is a video of their goals of the tournament.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/video/

What were your favourites?

Siphiwe Tshabalala (South Africa) v Mexico
Maicon (Brazil) v North Korea
David Villa (Spain) v Honduras
Mesut Oezil (Germany) v Ghana
Fabio Quagliarella (Italy) v Slovakia
Luis Suarez (Uruguay) v South Korea
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) v USA
Carlos Tevez (Argentina) v MexicoMiroslav Klose (Germany) v Argentina
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Netherlands) v Uruguay

From those, I particularly like Suarez's, Villa's and Maicon's.

Edited to add individual video clips (albeit with adverts at the beginning of each one)

 

[TrippyLondoner]

Van Bronckhorst for me, but its a tough list to choose from...

 

[Lord Camomile]

I do like Quagliarella's goal, especially given the context.

There's always too many long shots in these lists for me, I'm much more a fan of some nifty piece of skill or a good team goal.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

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edit: ah panic over, my comp was being weird.

 

[kained&able]

gio! can't belive he even considered hitting it. Superb work.


dave

 

[Jazzz]

Is it just me or is the standard insanely high?

I think Maicon for me, truly poetic football. But Suarez and Van Bronckhorst are also surely all-time classic goals.

e2a and Villa

 

[Jazzz]

The swerve on Maicon's shot came from the fact it was hit first time while moving across - he was definitely going for it! Amazing

 

[Maltin]

Bump as on live now

 

[Maltin]

I agree with Alan Hansen that Luis Fabiano's goal was pretty good too.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/goals/video/video=1262915/index.html

 

[cliche guevara]

Was listening to the Holland vs Uruguay match on five live, and they were saying Van Bronckhorst's was a sloppy effort and a schoolboy error for the keeper. Got to the bar at half time, saw the replay and they were celebrating it as the cracker that it was. Weird.

 

[ernestolynch]

Villa, took skill to take it to the shot.

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

From those, probably Klose's for the team play. Fabiano's should have been there, as well as at least one of the Japanese free kicks against Denmark.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Tevez.

 

[Shreddy]

Nice to see a bit of English humility on this London-based forum (or the Beeb link for that matter) for not gratuitously adding England onto the poll.

That is all.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Villa - one of disappointingly few goals to come from great individual skill, and from the best striker in the competition.

 

[Diamond]

Tshabalala for me. After that it looked like the tournament might really take wing. It's a pity it didn't.

It's also a tremendously satisfying name to say.