Wednesday 05 June 2013, 10:41
Sat in the coffee shop inside the stadium of his current club, Al Ahli in Dubai, Grafite is only too happy to recall the day his wonder goal for Wolfsburg helped topple the mighty Bayern Munich. As the...
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Friday 03 May 2013, 11:38
Many a great goal has come from a great free-kick: think David Platt vs Belgium, or Roberto Carlos vs France. Then there’s... forget it, we could be here all day. Fewer classic strikes, however, come from...
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Thursday 04 April 2013, 11:03
The Dutch giants started the UEFA Cup final as firm favourites, but not even the most optimistic Ajax fan could have imagined the goal that would kick-start their challenge in the first leg at the Stadio...
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Tuesday 05 March 2013, 16:48
In an otherwise functional IFK Gothenburg starting XI, Andres Vasquez stood for finesse, creativity and the unexpected. Without doubt, the finest moment for Vasquez – then 19, now playing for BK Hacken...
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Wednesday 06 February 2013, 10:09
Is it too much to ask of a Brazilian to score a simple tap-in occasionally? Clearly, for Diego, that would be unacceptable. In 2007, the midfield craftsman scored the Bundesliga goal of the season for...
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Wednesday 02 January 2013, 12:24
The Austrian Cup may not be the go-to competition for glamour, but Rapid Vienna winger Christopher Drazan proved it’s not short on wonder strikes. Drazan, a 22-year-old with a glorious left peg, took advantage...
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Wednesday 05 December 2012, 08:18
Goalscoring legend that he is, Filippo Inzaghi’s career is not remembered for blockbuster strikes. Well, except one time... Milan are playing Barcelona at the Nou Camp in August 2010, and after 66 minutes...
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Friday 02 November 2012, 14:53
"In 1986, the World Cup was at home in Mexico and there were great expectations. We had made it through the group but people were hoping to see a little more from our team, especially with players...
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Wednesday 03 October 2012, 14:52
Basel would finish the 2009-10 season as Swiss champions but were struggling to kick-start their campaign when they travelled to Zurich in late October. Enter stage left: Benjamin Huggel and a supporting...
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Wednesday 05 September 2012, 09:44
“Ah, the stepovers,” former Roma winger Mancini smiles. “We call them pedaladas in Brazil. They’ve always been my trademark.” So he showed with a stepover frenzy vs Lyon – and specifically Anthony Reveillere...
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Tuesday 28 August 2012, 15:09
Mexican ace Hugo Sanchez scored 26 goals as Real Madrid streaked to the 1987-88 title – but nothing else that season will live as long in the memory as his strike against Logrones. “It was the goal of...
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Tuesday 07 August 2012, 11:04
Munich, June 9, 2006: the opening match of the World Cup. After just six minutes Philipp Lahm would set a very early candidate for goal of the tournament, curling the ball in off the post from distance...
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Friday 06 July 2012, 12:06
Having regularly seen the likes of Romario, Ronaldo, Ruuds Gullit and van Nistelrooy and the Van der Kerkhof twins to boot, PSV fans have witnessed some superb strikes over the years. But one of the best...
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Wednesday 06 June 2012, 12:41
In the July issue of FourFourTwo, Antonin Panenka exclusively recalls the greatest and most imitated penalty of all time: the chip that won the European Championship and inspired a million copycats. On...
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Thursday 03 May 2012, 09:58
A determined attitude and cultured right foot helped ‘Nobby’ Solano to become a cult hero in Newcastle, but he is also one of Peru’s all-time biggest celebrities. And why not, when he scored goals as good...
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Wednesday 04 April 2012, 13:25
It isn’t often that headers are considered truly classic goals, but then it isn’t often that someone finds the net with their nut from an incredible 43 yards out. Argentine striker Martin ‘El Loco’ Palermo...
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Friday 02 March 2012, 15:45
Poor Matty Burrows – how things may have changed had it not been for Hamit Altintop. The Glentoran striker, whose backheel volley was watched by millions on YouTube, missed out on FIFA’s Puskas Award for...
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Wednesday 01 February 2012, 10:28
Jurgen Klinsmann was both a great goalscorer and a scorer of great goals, but he says this was the greatest of the lot. His bicycle kick for Stuttgart against Bayern Munich, who had Mark Hughes playing...
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Wednesday 04 January 2012, 11:21
The 1999 Champions League Final was an iconic match; Manchester United’s last-gasp victory over Bayern Munich is remembered around the world. What may be a bit hazy is that the two sides also met in the...
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Wednesday 07 December 2011, 09:34
Mauro Bressan scored few goals in a career that spanned 20 years and nearly 500 games – yet one placed him in Champions League folklore. Bressan’s overhead kick for Fiorentina in their European tie against...
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Thursday 01 December 2011, 12:30
Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert scored 62 goals in his career, his size four left foot helping him become something of a set-piece and penalty specialist. The greatest of them all was playing...
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Tuesday 01 November 2011, 14:50
The rise of Valencia at the turn of the century seems a lifetime away in light of Spain’s current duopoly. Inspired by Gaizka Mendieta, Los Che’s success began in 1999 with their first domestic trophy...
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Monday 31 October 2011, 14:17
Fans of Argentine side Independiente will never forget September 11, 2005. On that day, they witnessed what most fans of the club say is their greatest ever goal. Sergio Aguero, aged just 17, had just...
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Friday 28 October 2011, 16:32
Every month in FourFourTwo, a player remembers and talks us through his best ever goal. Here's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, thinking fondly about his legendary jinking run for Ajax in 2004... “In 2004, I was...
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