The three goals that are candidates for the FIFA Puskas Award were announced by FIFA on the homepage on the evening of December 14, and are incredible goals from Julio Enciso, Guilherme Madruga and Nuno Santos in the race for the title. Best goal mark of 2023.
The award is named after legendary Hungarian striker Ferenc Puskas, who is famous for his outstanding individual goals and spectacular goal celebrations most in history football in the world.
Nominations for the best goals in 2023 are calculated from December 2022 to August 20, 2023 initially There were 11 goals and were finally reduced to the 3 candidates mentioned above.
Julio Enciso’s goal (Brighton vs Man City)
19-year-old young star Julio Enciso shined with a superb long-range shot that made Man City had to share points with Brighton in the round 32 compensation match (May 24) and broke the streak of 12 consecutive wins in the Premier League arena. last season.
“Scored against the champions Premier League is one thing. Doing it the way Julio Enciso did it is a completely different thing. The young Paraguayan player overwhelmed goalkeeper Ederson with a thunderous right foot shot from 25 meters away in the 1-1 draw between the two teams,” commented the FIFA homepage.
Guilherme Madruga‘s goal (Novorizontino vs Botafogo)
Guilherme Madruga Botafogo’s defensive midfielder is not the type of player who regularly scores goals but goals Setting the victory in the match against Novorizontino in Brazil’s Serie B tournament again helped him win the Puskas title this year.
Making a running move with his back to the goal even though the ball was outside the penalty area, Madruga made a shot. kicking the ball in an “upside down” style, sending the ball straight into the top corner of the goal in an unbelievable way.
After the match I watched the video of the goal again and only then did I realize I had made a mistake. What. My brother and I looked at each other and said, “Brother, I did that, right?” Guilherme Madruga shares about scoring the goal of his life.
Nuno Santos’ goal (Sporting vs Boavista)
< p>An attack by Sporting on the right wing before the ball was passed back to Nuno Santos in the penalty area. There were 4 defenders in front of Santos, but the Portuguese striker suddenly made a shot with his left foot like Rabona and left Boavista’s defense and goalkeeper helpless as the ball went straight into the net.</ p>
“It was the result of practice. I’m used to finishing like this. I scored it a beautiful goal and I’m very happy about it” Nuno Santos shared about the goal that few people can achieve in the Portuguese national championship.
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