In the last of the second-round voting…
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In the last round of voting…
Kaká’s solo goal against Argentina easily beat Ronaldinho’s solo goal against Haiti, with 79% of the vote.
Nelinho’s famous goal against Italy in 1978 thumped another Kaká goal, against Egypt in 2009, with 85% of the vote.
Despite my best efforts to convince you all to vote otherwise, Éder’s goal against the USSR in 1982 absolutely thrashed Oscar’s goal against Belarus in the 2012 Olympics, with 89% of the vote.
In a surprisingly close contest given how one-sided the other votes were this round, the team goal from the end of the 2005 Confederations Cup final beat Zico’s acrobatic goal against New Zealand in 1982 with 60% of the vote.
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In the first of the second-round votes…
Ronaldinho’s first goal for Brazil notched a routine win over Marcelo’s 2011 goal against Mexico, garnering 72% of the vote.
In a contest that wasn’t settled until the final hours of voting, Neymar’s opening goal at the 2013 Confederations Cup beat Josimar’s long-range shot against Ireland in 1986, with 56% of the vote.
Another very close contest saw Josimar’s goal in the following game against Poland win 54% of the vote over Roberto Carlos’ forgotten “banana shot” against Jamaica, which became the highest-seeded goal to be knocked out so far.
Lastly, and to my genuine surprise, Pelé’s forgotten goal against Mexico in the 1962 World Cup completely wiped the floor with Adriano’s goal in the 2004 Copa América final, with 73% of the vote. I nominated Pelé’s goal in the first place and have long thought it deserved more attention, and even so, I went with my gut and voted for Adriano’s strike, based on the combination of technique and last-second clutch-ness. Apparently, I was fairly alone on that call, but I’m not complaining—this was just one of the most unexpected results of the whole bracket so far.
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TODAY’S VOTING
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On Romário Appreciation Day, only one of O Baixinho‘s goals made it through…
His goal against Israel in 1987 lost to Nelinho’s famous swerving shot in the 1978 World Cup third-place match, which won 61% of the vote:
His volley against Mexico in 1997 beat Pelé’s goal against Romania in the 1970 World Cup, earning 62% of the vote:
His backheel against Mexico in 2001 lost out to Careca’s famous goal against France in the 1986 World Cup, which won 60% of the vote:
And his goal against Italy in the 1997 Le Tournoi lost, just barely, to Marta’s solo goal against the USA in 2014, which squeaked by with 52% of the vote. Her win guarantees that we’ll have two goals from the women’s team in the round of 32.
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The last block of voting saw several upset winners beating goals much higher-seeded in the bracket:
But one of those upset winners was not Paulinho’s winner against Germany in the 2017 U-17 World Cup quarterfinals, as Ronaldinho’s first goal for Brazil very comfortably beat it out with 75% of the vote.
Josimar’s goal against Poland in the 1986 World Cup round of 16 was a different story, earning 61% of the vote against Júnior’s higher-seeded strike against Argentina in the 1982 World Cup:
Less of a surprise was Adriano’s insanely clutch last-minute tying goal in the 2004 Copa América final beating out Rivaldo’s long-range strike in a 2000 friendly against Thailand with 69% of the vote.
And in the biggest upset so far, Pelé’s goal against Mexico in the 1962 World Cup group stage beat Romário’s opener against the Netherlands in 1994 with an impressive 78% of the vote:
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