A minute after entering France’s 4-2 win over Russia, Dimitri Payet, who was celebrating his 29th birthday, scored on a 35-yard free kick off the inside post. Here are views of theamazing strike from five angles.
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Video Pick: Danny Williams up for Goal of the Year
American Danny Williams‘ goal for Reading is among the 10 finalists for the English Football League’s Goal of the Year. He scored the winner for the Royals against Blackburn Rovers on Dec. 20 to give Brian McDermott the win in his first game back incharge. Williams ran on to a flick-on by Hal Robson-Kanu down […]
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Video Pick: Brazilians deliver MLS golazos
The New York Red Bulls’ Brazilian midfielder Felipe has a free kick and a curling long-range golazo among the eight goals fans will vote on for MLS Goal of the Week. Felipe’s compatriots Joao Plata (Salt Lake) andAlex (Houston) are also in the running.
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Video Pick: Amazing free kick golazo by Pogba
Juventus’ 23-year-old Frenchman Paul Pogbascored this stunning 35-yard free in the Turin derby against Torino on Sunday.
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Video Pick: Golazos that ousted Spurs and Man United
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United’s elimination from the Europa league included these golazos from Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Liverpool’sPhilippe Coutinho.
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Video Pick: Bayern Munich's Great Comeback
Bayern Munich, down 2-0 against Juventus and headed for Champions League elimination, sent the game into overtime with goals in the 73rd minute (Robert Lewandowski) and in stoppagetime (Thomas Mueller), before strikes by Thiago Alcantara and former Juventus midfielder Kingsley Coman.
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Video Pick: Pizarro's 100th is top Bundesliga golazo
The 37-year-old Peruvian Claudio Pizarro scored his 100th goal for Werder Bremen and it leads this week’s Top 5 Bundesliga Goals of the Week, which include strikes by AndrejKramaric (Hoffenheim), Ja-Cheol Koo (Augsburg), Max Kruse (Wolfsburg) and Raffael (M’Gladbach).
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Video Pick: Tommy Mac gets ball rolling
Among the record opening-day total of 36 goals were some great strikes, beginning with the season’s opening goal by NYCFC’s Thomas McNamara. Argentines Federico Higuain (Columbus) andIgnacio Piatti (Montreal) are both top contenders for AT&T MLS Goal of the Week with golazos. For the eight goals in the new tournament format fans will vote on.
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Video Pick: Arsenal & Tottenham among Top EPL Golazos
A superb flick by Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey and a curving rocket from Totttenham’s Harry Kane in the 2-2 derby are among the Top 5 EPL Goals of the Week, which alsoinclude strikes by Virgil Van Dijk (Southampton), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) and Bertrand Traore (Chelsea).
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Video Pick: A free kick that freezes the keeper
Craig Gardner hits the free kick that earned West Brom a 2-2 tie with EPL leader Leicester earlier this week so well it froze up goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.