Look .. an “intercontinental” world goal wins the prize for the most beautiful goal of European nations (video)

The European Football Association “UEFA” announced today, Wednesday, the victory of Czech striker Patrik Cech’s goal from almost midfield, in the vote for the award for the best goal of the European Championship ” Euro 2020 “.

Cech scored his magnificent goal in his country’s match against Scotland on June 14 in the first round of Group D of the continental championship.

Cech hit a ‘shell’ in the 52nd minute from midfield, taking advantage of the lead from the Scottish goalkeeper, who struggled to keep the ball out of goal, to no avail as he found himself at kiss the net with the ball.

According to the “Opta” Global Network for Football Statistics, Cech’s goal came from a distance of (49.7 yards), which is the furthest distance from which a goal was scored in the history of the European Championships since 1980.

UEFA said on its official website that Cech’s goal garnered nearly 800,000 votes, while France’s goal Paul Pogba against Switzerland came in second and Luka Modric’s goal against Scotland came in third. .

Yesterday, Tuesday, UEFA chose 10 goals out of 142 goals scored in the tournament, to be voted on by fans to choose the winner of the best continental championship award.

Final standings for the UEFA Best Goal Award, according to fan vote:

1 – Goal of Czech Patrick Cech against Scotland.

2 – Goal of French Paul Pogba against Switzerland.

3- Croatian Luka Modric’s goal against Scotland.

4- Goal of the Italian Lorenzo Insigne against Belgium.

5- Belgian Kevin De Bruyne’s goal against Denmark.

6- Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal against Hungary.

7- Alvaro Morata’s goal against Italy.

8- The Danish goal, Mikel Damsgaard, against England.

9- Goal of Ukrainian Andriy Yarmolenko against the Netherlands.

10- The goal of the Italian Federico Chiesa against Spain.

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It should be noted that the Italian national team crowned the European Nations Cup after beating their English counterpart in their stronghold of Wembley Stadium in London 3-2 on penalties after the initial time and extra time had expired. with a 1-1 draw, to lift the continental championship for the second time in its history after 1968.

The final of the European Nations Cup “Euro 2020”, which was postponed for a whole year due to Corona, was held between 11 June and 11 July in 11 European cities for the first time in the history of the competition, to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of its launch, which are the cities: “Amsterdam, Baku, Seville, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Glasgow, London, Munich, Rome and Petersburg.

Source: uefa.com

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