Redcafe’s greatest goals of all time

[Spoony]

Maradona Vs England
Giggs Vs Arse
Van Basten Vs USSR

 

[Gio]

@RedRonaldo Sorry to be a pedant but your lowest opposition quality rating is for Valencia who, a couple of weeks before the Rivaldo hat-trick, had taken part in their second consecutive Champions League Final, unluckily losing out on penalties. Probably as good a club side as any in your opposition list there.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Zidane vs Leverkusen was the first goal that came to mind.

 

[DVG7]

@RedRonaldo Sorry to be a pedant but your lowest opposition quality rating is for Valencia who, a couple of weeks before the Rivaldo hat-trick, had taken part in their second consecutive Champions League Final, unluckily losing out on penalties. Probably as good a club side as any in your opposition list there.

I would love to know just how important that goal was. I think Messi arrived at la masia around this time, and without that CL money they may not have invested as much in the academy. That goal from Rivaldo could very well have paved the way for one of the greatest teams of all time.

 

[kidbob]

Regardless of criteria this is probably the best technical goal I've seen.

 

[kidbob]

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Always loved this one too.


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Messi, like Ronaldo and Rooney could have numerous goals in this list but for me this is probably the best individual goal of all time (over Maradona).

 

[kidbob]

However I do think that Trevor Sinclair's is probably the best I've ever seen, as funny as that may sound.

 

[DVG7]

Maybe 10 more lists and i'll have enough consensus to start some write-ups for the countdown.

 

[RooneyLegend]

Zidane vs Leverkusen was the first goal that came to mind.

The greatest thing about that goal is that it was as if time stood still.

 

[matherto]

For the best assist/pass of all time

 

[Redfan94]

Very bittersweet goal given the circumstances, but Robben’s goal against us in the Champions League where he caught the ball sweet off a corner. The technique to pull that off is unbelievable.



Bale’s against Stoke on the volley, similar to Robben’s goal in that the technique needed to strike the ball that cleanly while not blasting it over the bar is proper impressive.



Di Maria’s lob against Leicester, awful awful result for us but this goal is one of my favourites in recent memory, absolutely nobody expects him to do that and to scoop it the way he did was stunning.



Ibrahimovic’s volley against Anderlecht, not a lot to be said about this really, absolute rocket that’s still rising as it hits the net. As cleaner strike of a ball as you could hope to see.

 

[Scottynaldinho]

It's funny that people completely ignore the OP once it gets past the first page. All we'll see now are the YouTube videos of random goals.

 

[mshnsh]

The goals I could remember:















1. Maradona vs England (best solo goal ever scored , winning goal in WC semi)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.9/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 2/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2







9.9/10















2. Ronaldo vs Juventus (great bicycle kick goal in CL semi)







The importance of the goal = 1.8/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.8/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 1.9/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2







9.5/10















3. Zidane vs Leverkusen (great volley winning goal in CL final )







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 2/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 1.9/2







Quality of opposition = 1.5/2







Pure wow factor =1.9/2







9.3/10















4. Bale vs Liverpool (great bicycle kick in CL final)







The importance of the goal = 1.6/2







The stage it was scored on = 2/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 1.8/2







Quality of opposition = 1.9/2







Pure wow factor = 1.9/2







9.2/10















5. Giggs vs Arsenal (great solo goal, winning goal in FA Cup Semi)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.5/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 1.9/2







Quality of opposition = 1.9/2







Pure wow factor = 1.9/2







9.2/10















6. Messi vs Real Madrid (great solo goal in CL semi)







The importance of the goal = 1.4/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.8/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 2/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2







9.2/10















7. Rivaldo overhead kick vs Valencia (great crucial goal in last game of season for CL spot)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.5/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 1.5/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2







9/10















8. Cantona vs Liverpool (great volley , winning goal in FA Cup Final)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.7/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 1.7/2







Quality of opposition = 1.7/2







Pure wow factor =1.7/2







8.8/10















9. Ole vs Bayern (dramatic late winning goal in CL Final)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 2/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 0.5/2







Quality of opposition = 2/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2 (very subjective, but every Man Utd fans would wow on that goal)







8.5/10















10. Beckham vs Greece (great injury time crucial free kick in WC playoff)







The importance of the goal = 2/2







The stage it was scored on = 1.6/2







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 1.6/2







Quality of opposition = 1.4/2







Pure wow factor = 1.7/2







8.3/10















Honourable mention:







Carlos vs France (great freekick in international friendly)







The importance of the goal = 1/2 (without that goal they loss, but even they loss its just a friendly, but its still iconic)







The stage it was scored on = 0/2 (its just a meaningless friendly)







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 2/2







Pure wow factor = 2/2 (out of this world)







7/10















Beckham vs Wimbledon (great halfway line goal)







The importance of the goal = 1/2 (its just one of the league goal, but its iconic)







The stage it was scored on = 1/2 (its just a normal league game)







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2







Quality of opposition = 1/2 (its just wimbledon)







Pure wow factor = 2/2 (nobody expect that)







7/10















Son vs Burnley (great solo goal)







The importance of the goal = 0.4/2 (its just 1 of 5 goals which won the game)







The stage it was scored on = 1/2 (its just a league game)







Difficulty of execution/uniqueness = 2/2 (70 yards solo goal, you don't see this very often)







Quality of opposition = 1/2 (burnley...)







Pure wow factor = 2/2 (he started the run from 70 yards out...)







6.4/10

Quite abit of bias in the list.