10. Saeed Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabia vs Belgium, 1994
I love solo goals where the scorer appears to have little to no control over what he is doing. This is the case here. Al-Owairan just ran. And ran. And ran. And ran until he found himself yards from goal. A cool finish capped off a great run and Saeed will now be remembered for this goal which saw him labelled "The Maradona of the Arabs" (that's actually true). Al-Owairan lost his hero status when he was convicted of drinking.
9. Georgi Kinkladze, Manchester City vs Southampton, 1996
Little was known of this pint sized trickster when he joined Manchester City in 1995. But 3 glorious years in east Manchester cemented his place in history as "a quite good footballer". This glorious solo effort sums up his career nicely.
8. Archie Gemmill, Scotland vs Netherlands, 1978
A goal known the world over for it's famous appearance in the film Trainspotting. In a match that Scotland, one of the tournaments favourites, had to win by 3 goals in order to progress, and this goal put them 3-1 up and on the brink of glory. Gemmill picked the ball up on the edge of the Dutch box before nutmegging two players, after this he showed great composure to slot the ball past the Dutch keeper. Scotland only won by 1 goal after the men in Oranje pulled a goal back, and failed to progress, Netherlands reached the final before losing in extra time to hosts Argentina
7. Matt Taylor, Portsmouth vs Everton
what the FUCK
6. Manuel Negrete, Mexico vs Bulgaria, 1986
This goal is pure FILTH and should carry a health warning. I have no idea who Manuel Negrete is but for this goal, I love him. Enjoy
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