Football: Messi, Tevez and Fleetwood's Hall vie for Fifa goal of year
LONDON (REUTERS) - Argentina's Lionel
Messi and Carlos Tevez, English third-
tier player David Hall and US women's
international Carli Lloyd were among
players included on the shortlist for
Fifa's goal of the year award on Friday.
Costa Rican league player Esteban
Ramirez also made the list with an
outstanding effort for Herediano in
which he caught the ball on his chest,
headed it on and scored with a dipping
25m volley.
The list was dominated by acrobatic
volleys and individual runs. There were
no flowing passing moves among the 10
goals or any efforts from world player of
the year Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi made the list thanks to a his goal
in the King's Cup final against Athletic
Bilbao, which came after a mesmerising
50m run down the right touchline.
Messi weaved his way between three
defenders at high speed, cut inside
another and scored with a shot inside
the near post.
Juventus forward Tevez also scored with
a run from the halfway line after
oupacing three Parma defenders in a
Serie A match.
Hall produced a sublime moment in the
less glamorous surroundings of the
English third tier as he tricked the
opposition with some fancy footwork
and scored with a 25m lob which went
in off the far post for Fleetwood Town
against Preston North End.
There were several 50m goals, including
one from AS Roma's Alessandro Florenzi,
who scored from a nearly impossible
position near the halfway line in a
Champions League match against
Barcelona.
Florenzi was just inside the Barcelona
half when he spotted Marc-Andre ter
Stegen off his line and unleashed a
looping effort which flew over the Barca
goalkeeper's head and into the net off
the far post.
Lloyd scored from a similar distance, but
more central position, in the women's
World Cup match against Japan, as did
Paderborn's Marcel Ndjeng in a pre-
season friendly against Bolton
Wanderers.
There were also acrobatic volleys from
AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes and
Real Sociedad midfielder Gonzalo Castro,
and a bicycle kick from Wendell Lira for
Goianesia in a Brazilian state
competition.
Castro's goal, from an acute angle, was
reminiscent of Marco van Basten's
famous effort for the Netherlands in the
1988 European championship final.
A shortlist of three will be announced on
Nov 30 and the winner at the Fifa Ballon
D'or ceremony in Zurich on Jan 11.
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