Greatest world cup goals

[EddieG]

With the fashionable lists going on, on this forum, and the World Cup dawning upon us.

Time for a World Cup list!

It's very simple, you post your 5 favorite World Cup goals from the actual tournaments, so no qualifiers (Sorry David Beckham).

Number 1 gets 5 points, number 2 gets 4 points, etc, etc ..

Feel free to link to youtube videos if you please.

[Liam]

Carlos Alberta vs Italy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rW-lK9F6TU Maradona vs England (the good one, not the cheating one)

Geoff Hurst's 3rd vs Germany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exlBHTyB1R0 Dennis Bergkamp vs Argentina (with Dutch OTT commentary)

Pele vs Sweden 1958 (17 years old, and in the final. Brilliant)

There is my 5 in order, with videos for all.

[Cactus Drags]

Was van Basten's volley the World Cup or European championship?

[EddieG]

Euro 88

[new_era]

5. Roberto Baggio (ITALY) versus. Czechoslovakia - 1990

3. Dennis Bergkamp (HOLLAND) versus. Argentina - 1998

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

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There's too many to choose from and really I could have gone with some of the most obvious (Alberto, Maradonna etc) ones but choose to go with something different and also ones that I had the pleasure in actually seeing live and in the moment. I'd actually forgotten all about the Joe Cole one up until watching a video of the best World Cup goals, that's just sensational. Of course Beckham's freekick against Greece would of been by a million miles my number one, but that's not allowed.

[METALMAN]

Special mentions to:

David Platt for England v Belgium (1990)

Dennis Bergkamp for Netherlands v Argentina (1998)

not a goal but bloody brilliant

Maradona's other goal v England

Ronaldo's goal against Turkey for Brazil

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Joe Cole was our only player who performed in 2006. He was amazing.

[Liam]

Joe Cole was our only player who performed in 2006. He was amazing.

You're forgetting England's 2006 Player of the World Cup, Owen Hargreaves.

[METALMAN]

It's quite funny how often the star of the world cup for England is someone really unlikely. Remember Nicky Butt and Danny Mills in 2002? >_>

[brenchill]

Suprised nobody else has chosen Rodriguez's strike yet.

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[Liam]

I forgot to give an honourable mention to Borgetti's brilliant header for Mexico against Italy

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

I forgot to give an honourable mention to Borgetti's brilliant header for Mexico against Italy

That's the one I really wanted to include but just couldn't. Possibly the greatest header I've personally seen. Couldn't believe it when it happened at the time.

[YI]

It's quite funny how often the star of the world cup for England is someone really unlikely. Remember Nicky Butt and Danny Mills in 2002? >_>

...err Trevor "Fucking" Sinclair!

And, bollocks to goals -

HIS FUCKING SHOE CAME OFF!!

Edited May 24, 2010 by YI

[clayton93]

I'm going for the more recent goal, apart from Maradonna because I orginally put Roberto Carlos goal against france (which i thought was in the 1998 World Cup) wasn't in the World Cup

5. Michael Owen vs Argentina

1. Diego Maradonna vs England

[Plubby]

- Cambiasso (Assisted by the whole Argentinian team) WC06

- All three of these.