In the last set of voting…

Jairzinho’s goal against England in the 1970 World Cup group stage garnered 84% of the vote against Elivelton’s run through the Czechoslovakian defense in 1991:

Bebeto’s goal against the Netherlands in the 1994 World Cup quarterfinal beat Careca’s bicycle kick against Argentina in 1985 with 72% of the vote:

Elano’s smash against Portugal in 2008 beat out Careca’s volley against Chile in the 1993 Copa América with 64% of the vote:

And with 92% of the vote, Pelé’s juggling act in the 1958 World Cup final against Sweden trounced Formiga’s equalizer against Germany in the 2008 Olympic semifinal.

And now for

TODAY’S VOTING

We kick things off with an unbelievably high-quality matchup. Both these goals are absolutely incredible, and neither occurred in circumstances that carried much significance otherwise, making this choice particularly tough.

Seeded higher, we have Roberto Carlos’ legendary bending free kick against France in the 1997 Le Tournoi friendly tournament:

And coming into the final bracket as a “16-seed”, Maicon’s Maradona-like solo goal against Paraguay in the 2004 Pre-Olympic Tournament:

Two iconic goals of great importance face off here. First is Sócrates’ late equalizer against the USSR in the opening game of the 1982 World Cup:

It faces Ronaldo’s second goal in the 2002 World Cup final against Germany:

Up next, we have Ronaldinho’s game-winning free kick in the 2002 World Cup quarterfinal against England (presented here with the only commentary that does it justice, video quality be damned)…

Facing Márcio Rossini’s backheel in a 1983 friendly against Sweden:

Finally, we have Júlio Baptista’s spectacular bicycle kick from a 2004 friendly against Catalunya…

…facing Éder’s famous chip against Scotland in the 1982 World Cup group stage.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL de gênio, de gênio, de gênio do Éder!”

I’m aiming to have this round of voting wrapped up by Wednesday night.