CRISTIANO RONALDO IS among the nominees for the Uefa Goal of the Season prize.
The Portugal superstar is one of 11 candidates in the running for the award following his stunning overhead kick for Real Madrid against his new club Juventus in last season’s Champions League.
Only one goal from each Uefa competition is nominated, so Ronaldo has been selected ahead former team-mate Gareth Bale, who scored a similarly acrobatic effort in Madrid’s Champions League final defeat of Liverpool.
Dimitri Payet provides the Europa League nomination, the France international producing a brilliant dribble and finish in Marseille’s win against RB Leipzig.
Ronaldo’s compatriots Goncalo Ramos, Paulo Estrela and Ricardinho are also on the shortlist, along with Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen — who scored a hat-trick against the Republic of Ireland in the World Cup play-off second leg at the Aviva Stadium.
Supporters can watch all the goals and vote for their favourite on the Uefa website. The award was won by Mario Mandzukic last year, while Lionel Messi claimed the honour in both 2015 and 2016.
Uefa Goal of the Season nominees in full:
- Lucy Bronze (Lyon 1-0 Manchester City)
- Olga Carmona (Switzerland 0-2 Spain)
- Elisandro (Sporting CP 2-5 Inter)
- Elliot Embleton (Turkey 2-3 England)
- Christian Eriksen (Republic of Ireland 1-5 Denmark)
- Paulo Estrela (Porto 5-1 Besiktas)
- Eva Navarro (Germany 0-2 Spain)
- Dimitri Payet (Marseille 5-2 Leipzig)
- Goncalo Ramos (Slovenia 0-4 Portugal)
- Ricardinho (Portugal 4-1 Romania)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid)
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Thought bales goal should have been nominated at least
@eoin carroll: spot on Eoin
@eoin carroll: agreed imo the better goal, more Important for his team…. Hard to understand…
@yoloboyz: Was nowhere near a better goal than Ronaldos his was in the bottom corner and was unsavable where Bales could have been saved
@Jim: top corner actually for Ron. And being in the final and basically being the champions league winning goal has no weight no? Get a grip
@Brian: The award is for the best goal, the final has nothing to do with it. You should clearly be able to recognise the superior technical ability in Ronaldo’s effort.
@Alonso: of course the occasion has something to do with it or half these wouldn’t be nominated. Best goal has to include the context too. One of the silliest comments I’ve ever read on here from you. Hang your head in shame. Pathetic.
@Brian: Like Slovenia v Portugal in a Euro qualifier?Or Marseille v Leipzig in the Europa league quarter?The nominees are for the best goal Briany, the best way a man put the ball in the net. Ronaldo’s was harder to pull off, end of. If you ever played you’d recognise that and put a halt to your twit comments.
Bales goal was better and it was in a final.
@pg38: It wasnt Karius should have done better and was savable but Ronaldos was in the bottom corner Buffon had no chance
@Jim: did you even see the goal? It wasn’t even bottom corner. It was the top. Bales was better and more important
Ronaldo’s goal is a show stopper but I thought that Pavard’s goal would have got a nomination. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov39iGAgEn4
@EK: World Cup isn’t a UEFA competition, it’s FIFA, so will probably go up for the Puskas award with a few of the other worldies scored this summer.
@Liam O Sullivan: My mistake. Thanks for the clarification.
If you watch Ronaldo’s movement before the ball arrives to him and the adjustment of his body, it’s on another level technically to Bale’s. Stop moaning just because it’s Ronaldo.