Greatest Of All Time: World Cup Goals – Carlos Alberto, Diego Maradona, Dennis Bergkamp and more
“There have been 2,548 goals scored at men’s World Cups since the first tournament in 1930. Trying to select five as the greatest in the history of the competition is perhaps a foolish task. But the nice thing about great goals in football is that there are so many different types. Some are individual dribbles, some are one-off strikes out of nowhere, some are flowing team moves, some are about outrageous close control, and some are largely about emotion. Here, then, is an attempt at working out the World Cup’s greatest goal in each of those categories. …”
NY Times/The Athletic (Video) – Michael Cox
Dennis Bergkamp v Argentina, 1998: skill