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During the World Cup, Duncan Higgitt, our features editor, is keeping a fan's blog of events in Germany. Here, he muses on that favourite debate ... which was The Best World Cup Goal Ever HOW do you decide best goal of the World Cup? Or, beyond that, best World Cup goal ever? No sooner had Joe Cole hoofed the ball up in the air and buried it in the back of the net off a stunning half-volley, the commentators were talking about it being contender for goal of the tournament. Of course, they're biased, and such remarks get the bristling going both west and north of the English border. But they were forgetting something: they'd already talked about Estaban Cambiasso's second goal for Argentina, which came following 24 passes out of nothing as the South Americans thrashed Serbia and Montenegro 6-0, as The Best World Cup Goal Ever, better than Carlos Alberto's 86th minute goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final.
That means, if I'm right, that The Best World Cup Goal Ever eclipses the goal of the tournament, surely, because it's the best goal of this and any other tournament.See the full content of this document
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But hang about, it gets a lot more confusing. Until recently, I always thought the accepted wisdom on The Best World Cup Goal Ever was that one from Maradona in 1986 against England. No, not the...
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