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The Greatest Seleção Goal of All Time: First Round Voting, Part 2

May 29, 2020 / / 0 Comments

In the last block of voting:

With 54% of the vote, Marcelo’s goal against Mexico in 2011 became the first in the tournament to beat out a higher-seeded goal, even if Elano’s goal vs. Ecuador in 2007 was only one seed better than it:

With 67% of the vote, Josimar’s ICBM against Ireland in 1986 comfortably beat out Ronaldinho’s solo goal against Hungary in 2004:

Neymar’s volley against Japan in 2013 beat out Cafu’s half-volley against the Netherlands in 1999, with 64% of the vote:

And with 76% of the vote, Roberto Carlos’ trivela shot against Jamaica in 2003 beat out Juninho Pernambucano’s free kick against FC Lucerne in 2005.

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TODAY’S VOTING

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The Greatest Seleção Goal of All Time: First Round Voting, Part 1

May 24, 2020 / / 0 Comments

The votes have been tallied and the four “16-seeds” from Brazil youth teams have been chosen:

With 61% of the vote, Paulinho’s goal against Germany in the 2017 U-17 World Cup beat out Weverson’s goal in the same game…

With 86% of the vote, Maicon’s solo goal vs. Paraguay in the 2004 Pre-Olympic Tournament advances over Adaílton’s volley against South Korea in the 1997 U-20 World Cup…

By unanimous (!) consent, Ronaldo’s goal in a U-23 friendly against Denmark in 1996 beat out Cássio’s half-volley against Mali in the 1989 U-20 World Cup…

And after a slow start, Oscar’s game-winning goal in the 2011 U-20 World Cup Final against Portugal beat out Walter’s super-long-range strike in the 2009 South American U-20 Championship.

Now for…

TODAY’S VOTING

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Fun fact: this image is actually from the time Brazil faced Panama in the 2011 U-20 World Cup! It's the best picture I could find, okay?

The Greatest Seleção Goals Of All Time: The Bracket + 16-Seed Voting

May 18, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I’ve tallied all the votes from the lengthy nomination period, and I am pleased to announce the complete bracket of the greatest Brazil goals of all time, as chosen by you. (You can also check out the spreadsheet I made that lists every goal that was nominated.)

I won’t make you make any longer to start the voting: the first round of votes, to determine which four goals from youth sides are included in the main bracket, is further down the page. You can scroll straight down there if you want; otherwise, I’ve got a few bits of info about the bracket and takeaways about the goals nominated to share with you all.

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