The goal that sealed World Cup glory in Rio has been named Germany’s Goal of the Year. As expected, Mario Götze’s volleyed shot into the far corner, to make it 1-0 in the 113rd minute of extra-time against Argentina in the Maracana, received the most votes in a poll run by ARD-Sportschau.
47.7% voted for the FC Bayern player’s match winning goal that clinched the national team’s fourth World Cup win. Paderborn’s Moritz Stoppelkamp (18.8%) came second with his spectacular 90 yard effort in the 2-0 win against Hannover 96. In third place was Klaas-Jan-Huntlaar’s (6.1%) rocket strike into the top corner during Schalke 04’s 6-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter final.
Since the inaugural vote in 1971, this is the tenth time a Bayern player has won Goal of the Year, including: Gerd Müller (1972, 1976), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1980, 1981), Jürgen Wegmann (1988), Klaus Augenthaler (1989), Lothar Matthäus (1992), Jean-Pierre Papin (1995), Giovane Elber (1999) Mario Götze (2014)
The goal that sealed World Cup glory in Rio has been named Germany’s Goal of the Year. As expected, Mario Götze’s volleyed shot into the far corner, to make it 1-0 in the 113rd minute of extra-time against Argentina in the Maracana, received the most votes in a poll run by ARD-Sportschau.
47.7% voted for the FC Bayern player’s match winning goal that clinched the national team’s fourth World Cup win. Paderborn’s Moritz Stoppelkamp (18.8%) came second with his spectacular 90 yard effort in the 2-0 win against Hannover 96. In third place was Klaas-Jan-Huntlaar’s (6.1%) rocket strike into the top corner during Schalke 04’s 6-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter final.
Since the inaugural vote in 1971, this is the tenth time a Bayern player has won Goal of the Year, including: Gerd Müller (1972, 1976), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1980, 1981), Jürgen Wegmann (1988), Klaus Augenthaler (1989), Lothar Matthäus (1992), Jean-Pierre Papin (1995), Giovane Elber (1999) Mario Götze (2014)
