The 3 finalists for the 2021 FIFA Puskas Award were named, with Erik Lamela's north London derby 'Rabona' for Spurs in opposition to Arsenal most of the nominations.
Patrik Schick's halfway line strike for the Czech Republic in opposition to Scotland at Euro 2020 is likewise a very last contender, as is Mehdi Taremi's terrific overhead kick for Porto in a Champions League tie with Chelsea is the third and very last access.
Son Heung-min took domestic the 2020 Puskas Award after his impressive solo purpose in Tottenham's 5-0 win over Burnley in the 2019/20 season, whilst the likes of Neymar, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are most of the excessive-profile names to have received the gong in the past.
The winner might be decided on via a panel of footballing legends and fanatics registered on FIFA's website and introduced on the FIFA Best Awards on 17 January.
Here's a observe the very last 3 entries in more detail.
Erik Lamela didn't score a whole lot of goals in his eight years at Tottenham, but maximum of them were quite memorable. His cheeky 'Rabona' attempt away at sour rivals Arsenal turned into the second that he scored within the lilywhite of Spurs, putting them a aim up on the Emirates Stadium. In regular Lamela fashion, he ended up getting despatched off and Tottenham lost the derby. True to the brand.
The audacity for Schick to score from the midway line towards a Scotland facet gambling on home soil at their first foremost match in over many years was pure *chef's kiss*. No offence to goalkeeper David Marshall - a Premier League Years icon in his personal proper - but the sight of him tumbling into his own net looking to get a hand on Schick's shot after which getting stuck in stated internet changed into rather amusing.
When 90min's Matt O'Connor-Simpson ranked all eleven nominees for the Puskas Award again in November, Taremi's lusciously technical overhead kick simplest ranked in fifth. We're not announcing FIFA are incorrect, however with Porto already crashing out of the Champions League regardless of this strike, it did feel a little inconsequential and become marked down thus. Whatever. Hardly a life or dying state of affairs and the strike became adorable. Well performed, Mehdi.
