Things like this shouldn’t be propagated, it’s not needed at all..
Morocco is not representing Islam in World Cup, which one is “hopes of the Ummah”? Which ummah? Did RosuluLah send you to represent Islam in a World Cup tournament?
Watch ball and bounce, leave Islam out of it.
What makes this goal even crazier is that it was never supposed to be a shot.
Manchester United walked into the Estádio do Dragão with everything on the line. The first leg at Old Trafford had ended 2–2 after Porto scored a late equaliser, meaning United had to survive one of the most difficult away trips in Europe. This was the Champions League quarter-final. One mistake could end the defence of their European crown. Every attack had to be calculated. And retention of every possession was important. Then, in the sixth minute, Cristiano Ronaldo looked up from nearly 40 yards out, saw one of Europe’s best goalkeepers in Helton, and did the one thing no one else on the pitch was even considering.
From that distance, footballers are taught to recycle possession, carry the ball forward, or find a teammate. Shooting is usually dismissed as hopeful at best and wasteful at worst. The angle was central, but the goal looked impossibly far away. Ronaldo? He didn't care. He struck the ball with one of the cleanest techniques football has ever witnessed. No backlift to telegraph his intention. The perfect connection with the laces. Minimal spin. Incredible velocity. The ball travelled like it had been fired from a cannon before dipping just enough to crash into the top corner. Helton was beaten before he could make a meaningful save.
The beauty of the goal is that we can't even call it luck; it was mastery. To generate that much power without sacrificing accuracy from almost 40 yards is something even elite professionals rarely attempt, let alone execute. You can watch it a hundred times and still wonder how a football obeyed the laws of physics so perfectly. That is why the goal has aged so well. It is not remembered because it was spectacular. It is remembered because almost nobody else could have scored it.
Sir Alex Ferguson summed it up perfectly after the match: “It was probably the best goal I’ve ever seen.” Coming from a man who coached George Best, Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo himself, that is an extraordinary statement. The strike went on to win the inaugural FIFA Puskás Award, and even today it remains one of the defining images of the Champions League. It combined impossible technique, supreme confidence and the biggest stage into a single swing of a right foot.
Some goals win matches. Some goals win trophies. This one became part of football history. Years later, it still leaves people asking the same question:
“What possessed him to shoot from there?”
If you want inspiration, you’d choose Ronaldo but if you want entertainment like showing crazy skills, scoring unbelievable goals and winning when the odds are against you, then you’d still choose Ronaldo because he’s the greatest of all time. 🐐❤️
France has also won 5 games in a row, not a single controversy about fairness. EVERY Argentina’s game has ended with one controversy or the other. It’s not a coincidence
Goal scoring, movement, pace, power, ball striking, shot variation, long range shots, heading and aerial superiority, weak foot, flair (skill moves, show boating)… CR7 is better than Messi at all of these. It’s not just “mentality” that we admire. He’s the greatest Footballer of all time.