UEFA.com users decide on best European goals
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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The votes have been totted up in the poll to decide on the best goals in UEFA's 60-year history, with Marco van Basten's strike against the Soviet Union one of your top ten strikes.
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Goals from four decades, including superb volleys from Marco van Basten and Zinédine Zidane, make up the top ten after the voting results to find your favourite goals in UEFA history were revealed today.
This year marks UEFA's 60th birthday and to celebrate, a shortlist of 60 great goals scored in UEFA competition was drawn up. We then asked you to watch and rate each one on UEFA.com – with your ratings deciding the top ten. The votes have now been counted and the winners can be revealed: after more than two million individual ratings, here are the top ten you chose, listed in chronological order:
Marco van Basten, 25/06/1988, Soviet Union v Netherlands, EURO '88 final
Mauro Bressan, 02/11/1999, ACF Fiorentina v FC Barcelona, UEFA Champions League first group stage
Zinédine Zidane, 15/05/2002, Real Madrid CF v Bayer 04 Leverkusen, UEFA Champions League final
Rui Costa, 24/06/2004, Portugal v England, UEFA EURO 2004 quarter-finals
Peter Crouch, 27/09/2006, Liverpool FC v Galatasaray AŞ, UEFA Champions League group stage
Cristiano Ronaldo, 15/04/2009, FC Porto v Manchester United FC, UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
Dejan Stanković, 05/04/2011, FC Internazionale Milano v FC Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
Radamel Falcao, 09/05/2012, Club Atlético de Madrid v Athletic Club, UEFA Europa League final
Samuel Umtiti,14/02/2013, Tottenham Hotspur FC v Olympique Lyonnais, UEFA Europa League round of 32
Zlatan Ibrahimović, 23/10/2013, RSC Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain, UEFA Champions League group stage
