Boardsies Decide : Greatest FIFA World Cup Goal

Skylinehead

Del Piero. I've said everything about these goals about 5 times now, but counter attack to wrap up extra time in a World Cup semi, lovely cut back (blindly!), top corner, madness, commentary. Not some mere banger against Northern Ireland.

Bergkamp. Same - late in a quarter final, up against one of the best defenders of the period, 90 yard ball, taken down like that, nutmegged like that, scored like that. One of the greatest goals in footballing history.

ArnoldJRimmer

Second semi should be the final, but thats the way it goes

Gonna go with Del Piero in the first. Such a lovely move, and scored in a huge match rather than a group game. Loved that Italy team (and had a sneaky 7/1 bet on them to win prior to that WC)

On the second, love Archie's goal, but it has to be Dennis, everything about his touch and execution is perfect

Necro

Del Piero, just a better goal. Fab team move.

Bergkamp in the second. Shame as I think this would have been a decent final but everything about Bergkamp's goal is just perfection.

tayto lover

Necro wrote: »

Del Piero, just a better goal. Fab team move.

Bergkamp in the second. Shame as I think this would have been a decent final but everything about Bergkamp's goal is just perfection.

Even as a huge Bergkamp fan I agree.
Del Piero’s goal was a superb team goal.

Arghus

Match 1 has to be Del Piero - It's more or less the same reasons as all along: Cannavarvo's determination to win the ball, Totti's pass to Gilardino, Gilardino's perfectly weighted back-heel no look pass and Del Piero's perfectly composed stroked finish into the top corner. I also love Del Piero's giving of loads in the celebration. Such passion.

As much as I believe far, far, superior goals have should be here instead of it - it's still a clear winner in this match up.

Match 2 has to be Bergkamp. It almost galls me to say it because I'm still scratching my head how it could be deemed superior to Maradonna v England in '86, but I'll have to put my confused bitterness slightly to one side for the moment because that's not the issue.

I really love the Gemill goal. I can't argue with it being in the final four. Trickery and skill beating out wild brute force. I've watched it six or seven times throughout this tournament and I find more to like in it each time. It is a legendary goal for good reason.

But Bergkamp has it beat. The vision from De Boer, Berkamp's movement, that stupendous first touch, the coolness of the nutmeg and the clinical precision of the finish. Bergkamp was a genius. And the fact that it decided the game. So I'll go for Bergkamp.

JP Liz V1

Del Piero, for all involved and lead up


Bergkamp - a stunner from first touch, masterclass

BonnieSituation

Del Piero for everything in the lead up to Gilardino's pass and Del's calm finish.

Bergkamp simply because it's nigh on perfect.

StevenToast

Josimar...because it was pat jennings last ever game and he played a blinder and something special had to beat him...

Archie gemmil...because im still raw about maradonas goal losing to bergkamp...

Del Piero better of the 2 goals the reverse pass is lovely and a great finish

Berkamp the goal is near perfect for me the ball the touch and the cool finish with the outside of the boot. Its a thing of beauty

Sawduck

Del Piero - the whole lead up to the goal was brillant and Del Pieros final touch was class

Bergkamp - fantastic pass, fantastic skill, fantastic goal, fantastic commentary

Baggly

Del Piero had a better build up and is admittedly an excellent goal - moreso than the other.

Bergkamp's goal is also excellent and has a touch so deft ill have to rewatch it a few more times to make sure it happened.

Omackeral

Semi Final 1
Josimar 1-10 Del Piero

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Semi-final 2
Bergkamp 10-1 Gemill

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Final goes live at 19:30 tonight.

BonnieSituation

Steven's picks were toast!

Electric Nitwit

Ah, missed the semis but happy with the winners

Electric Nitwit

Early canvassing here, look at the pass from this angle



Blind pass round the corner, played to perfection. Then the finish is a pass into the top corner. Just beautiful

StevenToast

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Steven's picks were toast!

Alot of sheep around here....ive never been afraid to go against the grain...

I have a theory there is a hint of english among some of the voters....

Omackeral

This is it folks. The grand finale. We've whittled down nearly 50 goals and now there are only two left. Two European maestros plying their trade on the biggest stage of them all. The premise of this tournament is to find the best of them all though. So now it's up to you to make that last call... 90 mins. Ready?! Let's go.

Alessandro Del Piero (Italy vs France, 2006)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h7hHr8TPHg

VS

Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands vs Argentina, 1998)

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

BonnieSituation

After all this, it has to be Dennis. Always in my top-5 WC and all-time non-Irish goals and I will never forget my open jaw and nearly hitting the ceiling after jumping up watching it live.

Never fails to make my hair stand up on end or put a smile on my face.

Magical.

Necro

Bergkamp, for the many, many reasons I've stated before but will now do so again

The pass from De Boer

The deft touch to control such a long range pass.

The sheer audacity to nutmeg Roberto Ayala

And then the cool, calm and collected finish.

The fact it decided the game makes it even better.

Arghus

Of the two goals: Bergkamp. The skill and execution is superhuman.

Though I wouldn't put it above Maradona's second v England in '86 or Carlos Alberto V Italy in' 70. But I guess democracy is stupid sometimes!

Reberetta

Alessandro Del Pieroooooooooooooooooooooooo

My nomination. I was born in Florence and spent five months there before my parents moved back here, so technically I'm Italian. I mean, I'm not really Italian, but since Italy are great at sports, I'm Italian. I support Italy in everything over yes, even Ireland.:p

This is my second favourite international strike. The first was Grosso earlier in the match, the important one; the ice-breaker. Del Piero's was the chilled cocktail served afterwards, with more flavour, admittedly requiring more skill to conjure up; all in all, possibly the greatest three minutes in Italian sporting history.

A remarkable thing about this goal is at the three second mark in the video you can see Del Piero, number seven, at the far side of the screen, the deepest Italian player other than Buffon. He runs almost the full length of the pitch to touch the ball in approximately 14 seconds; I don't know how far that is, but there are some pro female sprinters who might be pleased with that time. He doesn't stop, just squares up a little and smashes a belter of a sidefoot into the top corner as though it's all a piece of cake in a day's work, leaving Lehmann utterly distraught and bemused and, the best thing is, like Spencer Davis Group,  keeps on running!

Imagine having the composure after a lung busting run, in the World Cup semi-finals on Germany's home turf, to produce that finish! Three of the best Italian players of all-time are involved, and Gilardino, who was a skilful, prolific goalscorer and underrated beyond Italian shores.

Cannavaro charging like a bull,
Del Piero chasing like a cheetah, 
Totti with the vision of an eagle,
Gilardino more aware than a God. 
:cool::cool::cool::cool:

P.S. Bergkamp's is a half-decent effort too mind.

lassykk

Has to be Bergkamp for me. The scorer of more than his fair share of my favourite ever goals from a team I hated (Arsenal) back in the day!

The pass, the first touch, the move inside Ayala and then the finish.

Just amazing

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Early canvassing here, look at the pass from this angle



Blind pass round the corner, played to perfection. Then the finish is a pass into the top corner. Just beautiful

Voting del Piero

It's so close though, I'll be very happy to see Bergkamp claim his inevitable victory

BonnieSituation

Reberetta wrote: »

A remarkable thing about this goal is at the three second mark in the video you can see Del Piero, number seven, at the far side of the screen, the deepest Italian player other than Buffon. He runs almost the full length of the pitch to touch the ball in approximately 14 seconds; I don't know how far that is, but there are some pro female sprinters who might be pleased with that time. He doesn't stop, just squares up a little and smashes a belter of a sidefoot into the top corner as though it's all a piece of cake in a day's work, leaving Lehmann utterly distraught and bemused and, the best thing is, like Spencer Davis Group,  keeps on running!

Imagine having the composure after a lung busting run, in the World Cup semi-finals on Germany's home turf, to produce that finish!

I never realised just how deep he was. I knew it was deep, but that is in fact ridiculous.

He's not even in the German half when Gilardino gets the ball.

SomethingElse

Del Piero

Because Bergkamp broke our hearts in 1994...

Irish Aris

Both goals deserve to be here in the final, 2 of my favourite goals in this competition.

I will allow my personal bias take charge and vote for Dennis Bergkamp because he is an Arsenal legend.
Seriously though: a 40-50 meters pass and he stops the ball flawlessly, changes direction and leaves the defender standing there and shoots with an amazing curve. Brilliant goal.

quickbeam

Haven’t followed thread and know little enough about soccer but I watched both and Alessandro Del Piero‘a was impressive so going for that.

Kolido

When Mack announced this tournament, the first goal that sprung to mind was Bergkamp's. Is it really the greatest goal in WC history, well it is certainly up there and a personal favorite of mine.

Though both goals have similar ingredients, great assists, great techniques, and great players. A worthy final imo. However, I'm going to stick with my initial thought, and voting Bergkamp.

BonnieSituation

SomethingElse wrote: »

Del Piero

Because Bergkamp broke our hearts in 1994...

Packie did. Bergkamp's goal was a great move. Packie had money on the match it seems; like he did for Schillachi's goal.

quickbeam

Maybe voting not knowing much about soccer was a good thing. I don't know the lead-up to these goals (previous matches, etc), or any grudges that may hold over either.

trashcan

You've all got it wrong. Maradonna against England is untouchable. Bergkamp is brilliant too, but Diego should have won for me.

ArnoldJRimmer

As I said previously in this thread, I didn't have as much appreciation as I should have for Del Piero's goal before repeated viewings over the last few days. ts such a stunning move, pass and finish

Thought I'd be voting Bergkamp all the way through this, but its such a tough decision. However, a reminder that he is an Arsenal legend is enough to make me say...

Del Piero, final answer

Kolido

trashcan wrote: »

You've all got it wrong. Maradonna against England is untouchable. Bergkamp is brilliant too, but Diego should have won for me.

Sure there would be no point running these comps if it were that easy.

Arghus

While Del Piero's goal is brilliant, it isn't ludicrous. There's a lot of beautiful elements but each individual part isn't impossible to believe by itself.

Wheras Bergkamp's first touch simply isn't mortal, the through the legs quick thinking while changing direction is even more impossible and the flawlessly executed finish is stupendous.

BonnieSituation

Arghus wrote: »

While Del Piero's goal is brilliant, it isn't ludicrous. There's a lot of beautiful elements but each individual part isn't impossible to believe by itself.

Wheras Bergkamp's first touch simply isn't mortal, the through the legs quick thinking while changing direction is even more impossible and the flawlessly executed finish is stupendous.

That's a great summation.

tayto lover

Having looked at them both again several times I’m now voting for Bergkamp.
Exquisite goal.

JP Liz V1

Del Piero is a team effort and he is better looking

normanoffside

Del Piero.
Great team goal and at a very crucial time in both the match and tournament.

Omackeral

10 Minutes left!

quickbeam

Arghus wrote: »

While Del Piero's goal is brilliant, it isn't ludicrous. There's a lot of beautiful elements but each individual part isn't impossible to believe by itself.

Wheras Bergkamp's first touch simply isn't mortal, the through the legs quick thinking while changing direction is even more impossible and the flawlessly executed finish is stupendous.

Isn't a goal more than just who kicked it to the goal? Del Piero's was a magnificent team effort, like a perfect game of chess where check-mate occurs out of nowhere in three moves. Even if his final kick wasn't that impressive, being exactly where he needed to be when the ball was passed to him was genius in itself.

Bergkamp's was a hell-for-leather long kick down to the goal line by his team-mate, and then a magnificent pick-up and goal. But there was no beauty in the build up to it.

quickbeam

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Del Piero is a team effort and he is better looking

Ha! Didn't even go for the close-up!

Omackeral

quickbeam wrote: »

Isn't a goal more than just who kicked it to the goal? Del Piero's was a magnificent team effort, like a perfect game of chess where check-mate occurs out of nowhere in three moves. Even if his final kick wasn't that impressive, being exactly where he needed to be when the ball was passed to him was genius in itself.

Bergkamp's was a hell-for-leather long kick down to the goal line by his team-mate, and then a magnificent pick-up and goal. But there was no beauty in the build up to it.

For someone who professes to know nothing about football, and even if it's not all on the money, that was beautiful to read.

StevenToast

I vote for maradonas wonder solo effort vs england 1986....the carlos alberto v italy 1970...

But for the purposes of this final..ill give it to bergkamp..a special goal

Omackeral

This is tighter than a Cavan man's grip on a 5 Euro note...

Cosmo Kramer

Two great goals, but I've stuck with Bergkamp from the start and I'm not about to change now. For someone of my age group it's just an iconic goal in a way that ADP's goal can't quite match.

Sheridan81

Delboy, cool team goal.

Kolido

quickbeam wrote: »

Isn't a goal more than just who kicked it to the goal? Del Piero's was a magnificent team effort, like a perfect game of chess where check-mate occurs out of nowhere in three moves. Even if his final kick wasn't that impressive, being exactly where he needed to be when the ball was passed to him was genius in itself.

Bergkamp's was a hell-for-leather long kick down to the goal line by his team-mate, and then a magnificent pick-up and goal. But there was no beauty in the build up to it.

Great analysis but I wouldn't agree with the part in bold. DeBoer (I think it was) knew exactly what he was doing and is as sweet as a pass as you'll see in any game

StevenToast

Of the 2, bergkamps is the more unique and jaw dropping