đŸŽ„ Happy 37th birthday to the greatest final goal ever scored | OneFootball

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Alex Mott·25 June 2025

đŸŽ„ Happy 37th birthday to the greatest final goal ever scored

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Has there ever been a better goal in the final of any competition ever?

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Zinedine Zidane's volley in the 2002 Champions League final might like a word, but for our money, this is the greatest strike to a win tournament in the history of the game.


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It happened 37 years ago in Munich as the Netherlands beat the Soviet Union to claim their first, and so far only, major title.

It was the great Marco van Basten who scored it, volleying in from the most impossible angle to hand the Oranje a 2-0 victory.

What a player and what a goal.


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