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A Northern Irish footballer joined Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he was nominated for the prestigious FIFA Puskas Award.
This award celebrates the best goals scored in the world – in men's and women's football.
Billie Simpson of Cliftonville Ladies was nominated because of her strike against Sion Swifts Ladies in the Northern Ireland Premiership in August 2018.
Simpson threw a volley – from inside his half – after incredibly pushing a Sion Swifts goal back, without the ball bouncing.
Personally, we here at Irish post I think a goal should be judged by the level of skill required to complete the shot, and in particular, how often would the goal be scored if we tried it, say 100 times. On the basis of this, (by taking the national party – we promise), we think that Simpson is an excellent shout to win the prize.
It is difficult to hit a ball cleanly as it moves quickly to the ground – I am sure most of you have tried it, and most of you have broken many windows and lost a lot of bullets in hedges – but hit it cleanly while it moves quickly in the air … it's just different sauce.
Simpson's shot was so pure and his technique so perfect that we do not even think that Pelé himself could have reproduced it. I mean, the man is almost 80 years old, but you understand what I mean. Bleeding was hard to score.
If you agree with us, vote for her here.
A total of 10 goals were nominated for the award, including Messi for his sublime chip against Real Betis in March, Ibrahimovic for his back-heel against Toronto FC in September and the memorable strike of the Crystal Palace against Manchester City. last December. .
Votes for the award are open to the public and will continue until September 1st.
The first three choices will then be submitted to a panel of FIFA legends who will decide the winning goal.
The island of Ireland has already been represented in the Puskas appointments. The International Women's Republic of Ireland, Stephanie Roche, was nominated for the trophy in 2014, while Matty Burrows, of Glentoran, was selected for the honor in 2011 after a volley of flying on the fly during a match against Portadown in October 2010.
Puskas Award Nominees
Matheus Cunha (RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen – 6 April 2019)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (LA Galaxy v Toronto FC – September 15, 2018)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona v Real Betis – March 17, 2019)
Ajara Nchout (Cameroon – New Zealand, Women's World Cup – June 20, 2019)
Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria v Napoli – September 2, 2018)
Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate v Racing Club – February 10, 2019)
Amy Rodriguez (Utah Royals Sky Blue FC – June 16, 2019)
Billie Simpson (Cliftonville Ladies v Sion Swifts – August 9, 2018)
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace v Manchester City – December 22, 2018)
Daniel Zsori (Debrecen FC v Ferencvaros – February 16, 2019)
Check out all the goals on FIFA's youtube channel here.
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