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

June 28, 2020 / / 0 Comments

At long last, we are done with the first round. In the last block of first-round voting…

Carlos Alberto’s legendary World Cup final goal advanced by unanimous consent over Oscar’s legendary U-20 World Cup final goal:

Edmilson’s bicycle kick against Costa Rica in 2002 beat Pelé’s goal from the 1970 World Cup final with 60% of the vote:

Bebeto’s volley against Argentina in the 1989 Copa América earned 88% of the vote over Cafu’s goal against Wales in 2000:

And Marta’s legendary goal against the USA at the 2007 World Cup garnered 92% of the vote over Cristiane’s overhead kick against Nigeria at the 2008 Olympics.

You can view the whole bracket so far here.

And now…

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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