In a match between Tottenham and Arsenal the ball came through the air. The Argentine Érik Lamela, who at that time was wearing the Spurs shirt, received the freckle in the area and defined rabona.
That target was made on March 14, 2021 and this Monday it was recognized by Fifa and its fans as the best goal of last year. He took the Puskas Award.
Lamela admitted that at the time of the rabona nothing crossed his mind: “I didn’t think anything until after executing it I saw that he entered,” said the Argentine, who is currently at Sevilla in Spain.
for this award the peasant Lucho Díaz also competed, the Colombian did not manage to enter among the 3 finalists due to his scissors goal against Brazil in the group stage of the Copa América.
It was the 10th minute at the Nilton Santos stadium. Colombia was facing Brazil, the ball rose from the left thanks to a center by Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and, with a Chilean, Luis Díaz packed the first of the coffee growers in the Weverton goal.
This award has been given since 2009 and by 2021 this body decided that the jury would be made up of a panel of FIFA legends and fans from all over the world registered on its Internet portal.
Thus Tottenham, the team in which Dávison Sánchez plays, has won the last two Puskas awards, in 2020 it was won by the South Korean Son.
In the history of coffee, 5 Colombians have been nominated for this award: Falcao Garcia (2012), Aviles Hurtado (2017), Juan Fernando Quintero (2019) Y James Rodriguez, who took the award in 2014 for his remembered goal in the World Cup in Brazil against Uruguay. The last one was Luis Díaz (2021).
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