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With more than 170 goals scored already over the period of these four weeks of scintillating football that oversaw the elimination of defending champions Spain, England, and Portugal among other big names, the 2014 FIFA World Cup has produced some goals that will be remembered for days to come. Each of the 32 nations who took part in the tournament, creating a global showdown with strikes of different varieties.In this slideshow, we take a look at the 10 best goals in the tournament:
#1 James Rodriguez - Colombia vs Uruguay
Golden Boot winnerJames Rodriguez finds himself in the list yet again with his brilliant goal against Uruguay. You would wonder choosing the best goal out of almost 170 goals would be tough ask, but no it wasnt.
This chest-turn volley from James Rodriguez stunned everyone as it was shot from 20 yards out after the Colombian had pulled off a picture-perfect chest, turn and volley with so much ease.
#2 Robin van Persie - Netherlands vs Spain
A unique and one of itskind, Dutch striker Robin van Persie bested Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas with a goalfrom a stunning diving header right before the half time. The goal had several traits that made itunique.
Firstly, the great assist from Danny Blind, followed by great positioning by van Persie himself, and then him chipping in the goal from a diving header almost 15 yards out, leaving one of the biggest goalkeepers of our generation clueless. All of these adding up to a goal which is perhaps the best goal to have been scored in this tournament.
#3 Mario Gotze - Germany vs Argentina
This goal may not have been as stunning as the rest of the goals in this list, however, given how important and crucial this goal was, is a reason enough for it to find itself as the third best goal in the tournament.
Mario Gotzes World Cup winning goal came in the second half of the extra time after a brilliant pass through two defenders from AndreSchrrle, finding Gotze right in front of the goal with the Bayern Munich playmaker making no mistake to make the shot count as he successfullybeat Argentina goalkeeperSergio Romero with a left-footed shot.
#4 Tim Cahill - Australia vs Netherlands
After being down by a goalaftera solo effort from the man-in-form Arjen Robben, Australia bounced backed soon through a lethal volley from Tim Cahill, who was left un-marked inside the penaltybox.
The Australian launched a deadly volley with his weaker foot, just a minute after Robben's goal. The goal will surely go down as a career highlight for Cahill, and certainly one of the tournament's best.
#5 Arjen Robben - Netherlands vs Spain
Arjen Robbens wonderous goal against Spainresembled the sight ofwatching a wild coyote unleased from his leash, sprinting really fast with the ball, racing halfway down the line, and finally fooling the trio of Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos and Gerard Piquewith his brilliance.
The same match, saw him score yetanother breathtaking goal with a first-touchthat will leave you in awe.
#6 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland vs Honduras
After losing out 5-2 to France, Switzerland had to impose their prowess over Honduras so as to confirm their place in the next stage of the tournament. Dribbling just outside the 18-yard box, Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri launched a venomous shot just six minutes into the match.
He then went on to score the first hat-trick of the tournament leading Switzerland into the Round of 16.
#7 David Luiz - Brazil vs Colombia
Brazillian defender David Luiz finds himself on the seventh spot with his free-kick winner against Colombia as he led Brazil to a 2-1 victory in the quarterfinal encounter.
His free-kick was definitely the tournaments best one as he unleashed a shot that went right through to the top corner of the net.
#8 Lionel Messi - Argentina vs Iran
Lionel Messi will never disappoint you when he is with the ball, and he surely did live up to his reputation in this edition of the World Cup with his goal that came against Iran during the dying moments of the match, and was eventually the winner for Argentina.
#9 James Rodriguez - Colombia vs Japan
#10 Gervinho - Ivory Coast vs Colombia
Gervinhos move to Roma has worked wonders from him to that extent where his goal now finds himself in the list of the best goals scored in the games grandest stage.
