GOAL of the DECADE

I start with Francesco Totti volleying home first-time, on the run, with his weaker foot, from a silly angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jch5Flort3Q

I raise that with Rooney bludgeoning home a volley against the Toon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znl1vTmlYkM&feature=related

I pip that with this lovely, delicate piece of flick&hit from Henry against Man Utd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbASd5CU3H8

Zola's on-the-run mid-air backheel from a corner, against Norwich.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJjB5OogLtE

Roberto Carlos does something stupid from an angle of 2 degrees or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZkRziiLq8I

Lionel Messi raises the ghost of Maradona.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIep5g_GeSQ

Bergkamp starts the move and then finishes it with a pirouette against the Toon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3n4CTLDn_w&feature=related

Zlatan bullies defenders, makes keeper fall over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-22cSRjizg&feature=related

Cambiasso/Argentina '06 for best build-up to goal probably

i'm sure there's a better Zlatan goal than this but for individual FD it's worth mentioning at least (context-wise it's devalued by Ajax already being comfortable victors)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgqsaDnsEq8

Zlatan bullies AND humiliates defenders, makes keeper fall over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5VL3mcso4&feature=related

hahaha @ xpost.

roberto carlos one is from 1998

In lieu of his outrageous open-play effort for Real having been in the 90s, we'll have this indirect freekick from Seedorf. HOW far out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5BXuHvYbgY&feature=related

Bugger; I was sure that Carlos goal was from later on.

arsenal ones the best, blates.

the new maestro of french football !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysORKa4ed2I

love the joyous expression on Van der Vaarts face there xxxp

and another one for the pleasure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zRAU9fRdH0

harry kewell making rio ferdinand fall over on his stupid arse in that england-australia game a few years back is a fave of mine

friend recently linked me to this one from mexican league in 03, was amazed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgn8xSpmtcM

lol, that second gourcuff one is a peach.

holy fucking shit @ cardozo goal

also the first gourcuff goal is much better than the second one, in that it is not just amazing but near-mindblowing

Ronaldinho does some cycling; good build-up, too.

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

rooney vs toon does not belong in this company, there have been literally hundreds of top-level goals like that this decade

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crDzasp1-60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XONWAITML4Y

look ailsa am i gonna have to find sean bartlett vs leicester ;-)

I don't know, is it better than some goals I *have* seen?

larsson at euro 04, that diving header, is the best of that type i've seen.

If you insist...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk4rTWSUyxY

Possibly. It's almost certainly Charlton's GOTD.

Anyway.

BOSH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmsERstpHw&feature=related

BIFF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8dCPT4puo8

BAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIOsh5efuwg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ilxor.com%2FILX%2FThreadSelectedControllerServlet%3Faction%3Dshowall%26boardid%3D40%26threadid%3D72714&feature=player_embedded

can't look them up at work, but ronaldinho's 10 best goals for barca from 2003-2006 would any one of them trump 90% of the list so far.

That last one didn't work. Here it is along with an amazing Swidon Town (sic) goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIOsh5efuwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy0YuNuPrhw

L0u1$, are you aware of erik edman, spurs's erstwhile left back? played against liverpool once.

lol that was lovingly rewatched as part of my research...yusuf chippo for norwich against newcastle that month was even better, but both, along with gerrard vs boro, were overlooked for goal of the month by rooney's overrated toon strike

harley's beats edman's because it was struck first time on the full run with the outside of the boot, it was the ultimate here-i-am out-of-nowhere fantasy strike that everyone dreams of but which only jon harley, steven reid and tonis vanna have (this decade at least) truly nailed

Of course, I mean Yousuf Safri, not Chippo.

it's the henry one for mine. just a phenomenal bit of individual skill to pull off in a big game.

No big-game rockism plz :P

...but that was pretty good.

also the first gourcuff goal is much better than the second one, in that it is not just amazing but near-mindblowing

yeah, I was watching that game and was for PSG, in a bar full of PSG fans in Paris, and then he did that thing and it was so amazing that all the bar remained silent, in awe. then everybody just went "ok, it's a goal against us but what a goal !".

it was pretty damn neat.

If we're going with matches involving Charlton then here's a major player in the shock and awe stakes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BFWtCBdGY

XD

argentina completes 26 passes on way to a goal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOqKo3AgXhQ

timely
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/jul/27/on-second-thoughts-luis-figo-goal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgGMXq0XuDw

yeah, see also Grafito for Bremen last season. not going in without the deflection. next.

yeah, that maxi rodriguez one was a killer (in a no so good game if I remember correctly).

Aye, I fell asleep watching that game and only saw it on the highlights later after having had several people telling me it was the best thing ever in the interim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcfheFPKUlA&feature=PlayList&p=14C7AF8A5FC533B0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16

pernia has a good volley technigue on him, so he does.

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

and andres vasquez, although this may be a fluke (he's always insisted otherwise)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSaGmlWuxmA&feature=PlayList&p=428390AA2C1F2E87&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9

anybody got a video of Omar Pouso's goal against England in March 2006?

I like the ones where the defensive header goes out far enough to be considered a good clearance, but then some cunt volleys it straight in anyway

I know its only a lolu21 game and all but Ramsey's goal against Italy tonight is pretty fucking special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-vPE2GdTvs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fvideodisplay%2F3352326%2F&feature=player_embedded#t=183

sorry that's highlights from the whole game though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiDdFq3Y1qQ

just the goal.

holy shit

wow! (first thought WTF Wales reached some kind of tournament?)

anyway that's an amazing goal, almost computer game-ish. (i hate how the Italians are complaining about the referee, that's football for ye, are there actually goals scored without the defense whining about a foul/offside. ;) )

Who cares about Arsenal not having any English players.

(i just realized it's a qualifier, but who knows Wales might make it)

Who cares about Arsenal not having any English players.

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 5 September 2009 10:27 (47 minutes ago) Bookmark

Had more English players play for us last season than Liverpool (and that's not even counting the 7 who played in the Carling Cup.) :P

what makes that goal is the vague air of actually intending or at least anticipating the 1-2 with the defender

yeah, that maxi rodriguez one was a killer (in a no so good game if I remember correctly).

that was the best game of that tournament! an amazing match, one that stands out in my mind.

a knee and a volley? i'll score two of those tomorrow down the astroturf. be real people, be real. jermaine defoe scores five better a season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_pUMzqckcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPW2jC_URY&NR=1