The Top 100 Goals of 2011
2012 is flourishing, but it's not too late to look back on the best goals from last year. Messi
is on the list. Ronaldo too. But you already knew that. Some brilliant golazos you might not have
seen are on here too.
Highly recommended hidden gems: Hernán Barcos' exquisite dribbling for
Liga de Quito (#94), Nikica Jelavic's bicycle kick for Rangers (#91), Julio Gómez with another
bicycle in the U-17 World Cup (#87), Pa Modou Kah coming out of nowhere with a thunderbolt of a
strike (#62), Gualberto Mojica's one-two to back of the net strike (#55), Lisandro López's
textbook bicycle kick for Arsenal de Sarandi (#21), and Cleiton Xavier's surreal touch for Metalist
Kharkiv (#10).
Four games into the new Argentinian football season and a surprise name currently tops the
table. Atlético de Rafaela, newly-promoted outfit from the town of Rafaela in Santa Fe province,
have started off with three wins and a defeat in the 2011-12 Torneo Apertura and will obviously
have to do a lot in order to stay there especially as traditional clubs such as Boca Juniors,
Racing Club and defending champions Vélez Sársfield are hanging on their coat tails.