Recently, UEFA officially announced the owner of the best goal in the 2022/23 Champions League. Accordingly, this award is given to Lionel Messi.
That is Messi’s super product scored in the match PSG drew 1-1 Benfica in the group stage. The famous MMN trio made a good combination of smashes and the person who ended up was Messi with a swinging leg to cut his heart.
The owner of 7 Golden Balls has overcome a series of strong candidates such as Haaland, Mbappe or Vinicius Junior to take home the final individual award given by UEFA in the 2022/23 season.
It is known that the results of the race for the best goal of the C1 Cup came entirely from the votes of the audience. Accordingly, behind Messi is Vinicius Junior in turn with a long shot to open the score for Real Madrid vs Man City in the semi-finals and the top 3 is Erling Haaland’s free kick to help Man City beat Dortmund 2-1 in the group stage.
The official result has been announced by UEFA itself but it is still controversial. Some think that considering the beautiful coordination factor, Erling Haaland’s goal deserves the award when Joao Cancelo previously had a trivela to break the defense.
Many people think that Haaland’s goal deserves the award
Besides, Kevin De Bruyne’s long shot against Real Madrid in the semi-finals did not make it to the top 3. Especially when in the wooden frame when he was the best goalkeeper in the tournament, Thibaut Courtois.
Kevin De Bruyne’s thunderous shot is only ranked 7
Similarly, Rodri’s long-range shot with his wrong foot opened the scoring for Man City’s 3-0 win over Bayern in the quarter-finals. Another impressive goal was the solo phase of Ajax owner Mohammed Kudus in front of 3 Rangers players before sending the ball into the net from a tight angle, not even reaching the top 10.
The list of nominees for the top 10 best goals in the Champions League 2022/23:
Erling Haaland ( Man City 2-1 Dortmund ) – Round 2 of the group stage, September 14, 2022
Kylian Mbappe ( Paris 2-1 Juventus ) – Round 1 of the group stage, June 9, 2022
Lionel Messi ( Benfica 1-1 Paris ) – Round 3 of the group stage, May 9, 2022 – Winner
Darwin Nunez ( Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid ) – Round of 16, 21/02/2023
Alejandro Grimaldo ( Benfica 2-0 Maccabi Haifa ) – Group stage match, June 9, 2022
Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid 1-1 Man City) – Semi-final, September 5, 2023
Kevin De Bruyne (Real Madrid 1-1 Man City) – Semi-final, September 5, 2023
Kylian Mbappe (Juventus 1-2 Paris) – Round 6 of the group stage, November 2, 2022
Karim Adeyemi ( Dortmund 1-0 Chelsea ) – Round of 16, February 15, 2023
Rodri (Man City 3-0 Bayern) – Quarterfinals, November 4, 2023
