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Linda Caicedo, Colombian international and Real Madrid player; Julio Enciso, Brighton and Paraguay player, They are among the eleven candidates announced by FIFA for the Puskás Award, which recognizes the best goal of the season.
Brazilians Beatriz Zaneratto and Guilherme Madruga, Argentine Álvaro Barreal, Uruguayan Brian Lozano, Portuguese Nuno Santos, Kazakh Askhat Tagybergen, Australian Sam Kerr and South Korean Seong-jin Kang also appear on the list.
In addition there is also the Spanish Iván Morante, on loan to Racing de Santander from UD Ibiza,
An international jury, made up of a panel of FIFA legends and fans from around the world registered on FIFA.com, they will select the winner and the votes of each of the two parties are worth half. All of them will be able to nominate three goals and value them with 5, 3 or 1 point. The voting period is now open.
Linda Caicedo’s goal was the one she scored against Germany in the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The Colombian received the ball on one side of the area and took off two rivals with a great dribble and then with a right-footed shot he beat the German goalkeeper with a ball that entered the upper right part of the goal.
Colombia was one of the great revelations of the Women’s World Cup along with Linda Caicedo, a Real Madrid player, who was classified as one of the best in the world tournament.
For its part, Paraguayan Julio Enciso scored a great goal against Manchester City in a Premier League match.
Brighton Albion’s play began with a sequence of at least 20 passes until the Paraguayan grabbed the ball outside the area and put it into the corner from a great distance.
Enciso, 19 years old, is one of the jewels of Paraguay and the South American continent that is beginning to shine in European football. The Brighton youngster also scored a similar goal against Chelsea.
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