Euro 2016 host France beat Cameroon, 3-2, in a friendly thanks to a last-minute goal by the Europe’s hottest free-kick take, Dimitri Payet.
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Video Pick: DaMarcus Beasley scores a beauty
DaMarcus Beasley, the only U.S. veteran of the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups playing in MLS, scored his first goal of the season, one the eight candidates for Week 13 MLS Goal of the Week.
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Video Pick: Man United's homegrown FA Cup winner
Manchester United won the 2016 FA Cup thanks to this powerful volley by 23-year-old Jesse Lingard, who joined Man United’s youth program at age 7 and in 2011 won a Youth FA Cup on ateam that included Paul Pogba, now at Juventus.
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Video Pick: Top 10 Bundesliga goals of 2015-16
Germany’s Bundesliga led Europe’s big five leagues in goals with a 2.82 per game average. The Top 10 golazos of the season include strikes by Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-EmerickAubameyang, Mainz’s Jairo Samperio (while lying down), Bayern Munich’s Thomas Mueller (while falling down) and Franck Ribery (overheadkick), and a fierce volley from Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski.
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Video Pick: Blas Perez bicycle kick leads MLS golazos
Vancouver’s 35-year-old Panamanian striker Blas Perez‘s bicycle kick goal, the gamewinner in a 2-1 Week 11 win over Chicago, is among MLS AT&T Goal of the Week nominees along with goals by Mike Magee, Lee Nguyen, Robbie Rogers, SebastianGiovinco, Ricardo Clark, Tommy McNamara and Didier Drogba.
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Video Pick: Fourth time a charm for Gio dos Santos?
The Galaxy’s Giovani dos Santos is an MLS Goal of the Week nominee for thefourth straight week with a chance to finally finish on top with his Week 10 long-range volley against New England. Also among the eight candidates — dos Santos’ teammate StevenGerrard.
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Video Pick: Brazilian 14-year-old scores with scorpion kick
Very likely the most amazing goal you’ll see this week is a scorpion kick golazo by 14-year-old Thomas Luciano of Gremio.
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Video Pick: Top MLS golazos of Week 9
In perhaps the most impressive collection of MLS Goal of the Week nominees this season,Week 9’s eight golazos include Giovani dos Santos‘ chip on a breakaway, free kicks by Diego Valeri and Didier Droga, and volleys by ChristianBolanos and David Villa.
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Video Pick: Atletico's Saul beats Bayern's three Spaniards
Atletico Madrid’s 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg came thanks to “A goal for the ages” by Spanish under-21 international Saul, who evaded Bayern’s threeSpaniards — Thiago Alcantara, Bernat and Xabi Alonso — before curling a left-footed shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
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Saul scores a goal for the ages
On a team built in the image of its fiery Argentine Diego Simeone, 21-year-old Saul stands out as someone different. He scored a goal for the ages, beating four Bayern Munichdefenders before slotting the ball past the great Manuel Neuer and giving Atletico a slim 1-0 edge after the first leg of their UEFA Champions […]