FIFA World Cup Goals - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 52 times
The average score is 8 of 20

Answer Stats

Date	Description	Scorer	% Correct
29th June 1958	17 year old Brazil Striker flicks the ball over the Swedish Defender and heads it in to make the score 3-1	Pele	92%
11th July 2010	Cesc Fabregas intercepts an attempted Dutch clearance and sends a through ball to his team mate who controls, then volleys in the World Cup winning goal	Andreas Iniesta	83%
8th July 2014	Striker has his first shot saved by Brazillian Goalkeeper Julio Cesar before knocking in the rebound to score his record breaking 16th Goal in World Cup competition.	Miroslav Klose	83%
21st June 2002	Sent off after 57 minutes but not before curling a much debated about 40 yard free kick over the head of the misplaced England Goalkeeper	Ronaldinho	65%
4th July 1998	Picks up an inch perfect Frank De Boar pass, dummies Roberto Ayala and curls the ball round Carlos Roa. Three touches, one amazing goal	Dennis Bergkamp	63%
30th July 1966	England Striker picks up an Alan Ball cross, turns and volleys the ball goalwards. But does it cross the line? Referee consults linesman and the goal is given	Geoff Hurst	60%
23rd June 1990	A bad back pass from Perea sees Rene Higuita disposessed by the Cameroon striker who runs away and sticks the winning goal into the open net	Roger Milla	54%
19th June 1990	Performs a 1-2 with Giuseppe Giannini then runs at the Czech defence, taking on 2 players to score the goal of the tournament	Roberto Baggio	35%
26th June 1990	Connects with a Paul Gascoigne free kick to volley the ball into the net, in the last minute of extra time, sending England through to the Quarter Finals	David Platt	33%
16th June 2006	A 25 pass build up ends when this substitute connects with Hernan Crespo's back heel to send the ball into the roof of the net and make the score 2-0	Esteban Cambiasso	33%
21st June 1970	To the TV viewer at home, Pele's pass to the right appears to be to no-one until the oncoming Full Back arrives to hammer the ball into the bottom corner	Carlos Alberto	31%
11th June 1978	Scottish Midfielder picks up a loose ball just outside the area, takes on 3 Dutch Defenders and chips the ball over the diving Goalkeeper	Archie Gemmill	27%
10th July 1994	Bulgarian Midfielder gets on the end of a Yankov cross to send the ball sailing into the far corner and eliminate holders Germany	Yordan Letchkov	25%
18th June 1994	Aston Villa Midfielder intercepts an opposition header just outside the area and hits a looping shot over Gianluca Pagliuca. Ireland 1 - Italy 0	Ray Houghton	21%
11th July 1982	Italian number 14 controls a Scirea pass on the edge of the area then with his second touch volleys the ball into the far corner of the goal	Marco Tardelli	19%
18th June 2002	Heads in a Golden Goal against Italy to put his country through the Quarter FInals and earns himself the sack in the process	Ahn Jung-Hwan	15%
21st June 1978	Dutch Midfielder receives a pass just after the halfway line, runs, then strikes a 40 yard shot into the right hand side of Dino Zoff's goal	Arie Haan	13%
25th June 1982	Luis Arconada palms away a Billy Hamilton cross before the oncoming Striker hammers the ball into the net past 2 watching Defenders	Gerry Armstrong	10%
19th July 1966	Collects a header from one of his team mates on the edge of the Italian area and scores to provide one of the biggest upsets in Wolrd Cup history	Pak Doo-Ik	8%
29th June 1994	Saudi Arabian Midfielder receives a pass from the edge of his own 18 yard box, and runs, and runs, and scores	Saeed Owairan	6%

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