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Den Ridder Miss

Beerschot's Nicoletta den Ridder somehow manages to scoop a rebound over the bar from a yard against Ajax. Oops

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Feature: Goals direct from corners

10 goals straight from corners courtesy of outrageous bend, atrocious goalkeeping... or both

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1 Alvaro Recoba

The Uruguayan's wand of a left foot beats the Empoli keeper all-ends-up, who can only fumble the ball over his own goal-line after misjudging its flight. Plank!

2 Marcin Burkhardt

Marcin Burkhardt of Legia Warsaw hauls his side level against Górnik Łęczna in spectacular style, fizzing a left-footed in-swinger in off the far-post.

3 Artim Sakiri

The West Brom man dents England's qualification hopes, helping Macedonia to a 2-2 draw at St Mary's. Special mention for Paul Scholes who ducks as the ball comes towards him.

4 Davor Suker

The Real Madrid hitman couldn't quite believe his luck as his swirling set-piece was generously palmed into the back of his own net by the moronic glove-man. Muppet!

5 Artavazd Karamyan

"There was freak gust of wind," claimed the keeper after Artavazd Karamyan's corner-kick flew straight in for Poli Timisoara against Otelul Galati in Romania. Sadly, the net-man's pleas fell on deaf ears, earning him icey stares all round.

6 Roberto Baggio

The Italian maestro judges this near-post effort for Brescia to perfection, finding the gap between the jumping defender covering the near-post and the crossbar. A fluke? This is Baggio, probably not.

7 Marco Bresciano

Full-marks to Parma's Mark Bresciano, whose rasping flag-kick at Reggina soars over everyone and into the far corner. But what the hell was the goalkeeper doing? Really?

8 Aggelakis Giorgos

Aggelakis Giorgos despatches a beauty of a corner for Niki Mesimeriou in Greece. Pace, height, whip and pin-point accuracy. You've still got to question the goalkeeping though. Clown!

9 Roberto Carlos

Not exactly a goal directly from a corner, but the closest to a 'next best thing' you're ever likely to see. Roberto Carlos adds another chapter to his guide to scoring outrageous goals, bending the ball in from practically on the goal-line.

10 Colm Heffernan

Kildare blow a two-goal lead away to Athlone Town in the Irish First Division, with Colm Heffernan beginning the come-back by tonking home a corner in off the far-post...