Great Knockout Goals In World Cup History (2010-2022)

That was a bit of a dummy show by Van Bommel, he took on Gaganeau. And the ball got through to a colleague, as it does now. Van Bronckhorst! Oh, that has got to be one of the great goals of the World Cup Finals! Giovani Van Bronckhorst, with an absolute snorter. It has royal acclaim written all over it. And the most popular member of this Dutch line-up, the captain at 35, has given the Netherlands the lead here in quite stunning, sensational fashion. Left foot rips into the back of Muslera's net, it snakes beneath the crossbar, in off the upright, maybe a touch of the finger from the goalkeeper Muslera, but the Netherlands lead thanks to one of the great goals of 2010 in South Africa. What about that? Giovani Van Bronckhorst. Fulham to take the corner kick here for Uruguay, over Cavani's head. Suárez, still Suárez, brilliant goal! Luis Suárez could well have scored the goal to take Uruguay into the quarterfinals of the World Cup. He had a lot to do when he picked the ball up here. Stepped inside one challenge, and look at the bend and dip on that one. That's why he's one of the best goal scorers in European football. Oh, it's dangerous here, it is Tevez. And again, he'll go for goal, blinding goal! Fabulous strike, if his first one was debatable, his second is delightful. He turns, he checks, he gets the ricochet, he lets fly, and although Perez is going across his goal, he can't get there. And just hacked to safety by Jansen. Schweinsteiger doing ever so well to keep it in and chips it forward to Kakao, but Arevalo arriving to intercept, and despite the stumble is able to bring it back to Fulham! Oh, magical by Diego Fulham! Absolutely wonderful goal. Hardly a flicker of emotion from Tabarez, but he must have enjoyed this moment. Just hit down on the volley by Diego Fulham, and a goal that Hans-Joachim Buch could do absolutely nothing about. And away goes Navas. He's speedy, and he's come a long way with the ball. Which is now with Iniesta, the backheel from him. They try to open up the Dutch via another route, Iniesta's in the middle all alone. If Fernando Torres can find him, it's stabbed away uncomfortably to Fabregas. Surely now, surely now, Spain have won the World Cup for the first time in history. Andres Iniesta has broken Dutch hearts with the goal on 116 minutes that promises to say Viva España for the first time ever. Fabregas slides it through, no doubt in the world that he's offside. And Andres Iniesta blasts it beyond Martin Stekelenburg, surely to grab the glory. Netherlands nil, Spain one, Iniesta cautioned as well, not sure that matters. Aguilar, stopped by Alvaro Pereira, hit by James! Oh, what a goal! This boy's a star. James, four goals at World Cup 2014. And that is one that must be up in lights. Brilliant, just brilliant. A mark of the man, an instinctive reaction. One to take, one to hit, bang. Technically superb and visionary to have the ability and the audacity just to try it. And the excellence to execute it. Few in the world could do that. Fewer would dare to try to do it. Approaching the midway point in the second half. Jose Pekkanen's Colombia are heading out unless they can turn this game around. Perhaps surprisingly, Neymar is nowhere to be seen. David Luiz fancies his chances from this distance. Hulk is there as well. It is David Luiz! Oh, extraordinary goal! And people have just jumped in the air simultaneously. Brazil lead 2-0 in this World Cup quarterfinal. And no wonder David Luiz fancied that free kick because that was the end result. It's only his second goal for Brazil. His first came against Chile in the round of 16. Look at the movement on it as the ball just swerves in the air away from Ospina. And the goalkeeper's valiant dive is all in vain. The free kick far enough out from goal that Luiz could get the height and then get it to drop again. It's brilliant, simply brilliant. Aimed in for Kurt Saar! Salah to the cheap seats. Oman celebrates. Fabulous touch and take. Götze taken with touch, with finesse. And steered beyond Romero. And the first European World Champions in South America just might beat Germany today. Mario Götze's smile for the world. It's Nicolás Tagliafico. Eva Banega. Di Maria. Oh, what a goal! It's Ángel Di Maria with the sweetest of strikes. Lloris could do about it. It almost left a vapour trail. France with the youngest squad at the tournament. And Argentina with the oldest squad of those who've stayed in so far. Pavard! Oh, glorious! Puts France level. In what is turning out to be a pretty astonishing game. Well, that was just sensational. Pick that out. Once more with spin off the outside of the boot. Just tremendous. Here's Lukaku now. Like a tank. He's done well. De Bruyne. De Bruyne! 2-0! What is going on here? Brazil in deep, deep trouble now. This is fantastic from Lukaku at the beginning of the move. How many people does he charge through? They just don't pick him up. And better than that, he picks out De Bruyne. You know, given any time and space, he can do that. And it's exactly what Kevin De Bruyne has done to put Belgium 2-0 up. His 15th goal for his country. And I would say the most special. Courtois, safely grabbed. And there's just time for De Bruyne to lead this attack. Japan, desperate to cover the spaces. They can't do so for the moment. Lukaku, and here's a winner! Nasser Chadli. Strokes Belgium into a quarterfinal against Brazil. Courtois with a lovely roll-out here to De Bruyne. It was a brilliant counter-attack from Belgium. It was high quality. Chadli benefiting from the little dummy here from Lukaku. In the heat at the moment, Lukaku saw the big picture. And Chadli was there to stroke it home. Cheryshev. Dubat. Cheryshev's not stopped. There is Cheryshev! Oh, by light something! The boy's a star! Russia rises to him! A glorious, glorious goal on one glorious Russian night. A goal to dream of. Pick that one out. Pick that one out again. And Russia might be marching on. Kivaric. Lukaku up there. So did Perisic. Mandzukic! Croatia hit the front. Croatia may be going all the way. Mandzukic pounced. England are hurt. England are hurting. It's at moments like this that Mario Mandzukic has for a decade and more switched on. And boy, he switched on. It is a piercing finish. And Croatia are 11 minutes from the World Cup final. Hernandez. Twisting away from Mandzukic. Running at Vršeljko. Here's Mbappe! Oh my! Teenage kicks! The ultimate teenage kick! Hold on his feet! Kylian Mbappe! It's no stopping him now! The first teenage World Cup final goal since Pele himself! And like the greatest of all time, he is surely now going to be a World Cup winner. France have scored four at the World Cup final. Paquete. Casemiro. Waiting for the movements. Richarlison. Juggling away. Nicely done. He might get it back. He does! That is Brazil in a nutshell. That is a gorgeous goal. And that number nine shirt comes with a responsibility that he is relishing. I think you've just seen the goal of the tournament so far. And that's all about Richarlison's hard work to start with. To make sure he doesn't lose it. And when you move that quick, and you move the ball that quick, there's absolutely no stopping them. Smiles all around. He hang in. Back to Pechung Ho! Moment to save it. Amidst the scoreline to forget. Not their finest hour tonight. That was a finish to really enjoy from Pechung Ho. Eyes on the prize. And the prize is big. To stay alive. This is it. Koopminus. Smart! To two minutes! Weghorst! And the immediate future is still, is still orange. That is incredible. The whole stadium expected a shot. What a free kick that was. It caught Argentina completely by surprise. Ah! Brilliant from the Netherlands. Brilliant from Weghorst. Renahi. Ziyech. Spears it out towards Pafal. Renahi. Pafal. Renahi. And still. Atetala. And Nassiri! Ringheader! A mountainous moment for his nation. That is a proper centre-forwards goal. Here's Levija. It's a neat turn. Opportunity for Maja. And now Stanisic. And Maja again. An opportunity lost. But Kovacic wins it back. And now Levija. And now there's some promise. Orsic floats it! It is a beautiful goal! Mislav Orsic restores Croatia's lead. And in some style. Beautiful strike that is. From Orsic. It just goes to show. You don't have to put your head down all the time and felt the thing so hard. What you can do is control it. Almost feel it. Guide it into that far corner. It's exactly what happens. But it's a beautiful goal. It really is. It's an outstanding goal from Orsic. And in a tough spell for Croatia. You know, the last 10 or 15 minutes has been difficult for them. But they've got themselves back in front. It's a beautiful goal. Messi. Can't keep it from Koeman. And Koeman can go the other way. Rabiot. Mbappe. Turam. Mbappe! Brutal! It's two each in the World Cup final. Wow, when you want your top man, your superstar to come to the fore. Kylian Mbappe does exactly that. When it comes to him. Don't volley it from there. Take a touch or two. What about that for a connection? What a volley. What a moment in this World Cup final. Robust for Mercado. Here's Montiel. Now Torres Martinez. Lionel Messi. Fernandes! Given offside. The referee's given the goal. The referee's... No offside there. Was it here? No. It's a goal. Lionel Messi perhaps has just scored the winning goal in this World Cup final. Lionel Messi is conquering his final peak.