WE’VE ALL SEEN those much-discussed moments of genius from Stephanie Roche, James Rodriguez and co, but what about the less heralded goals of 2014?
Check out 18 of them below…
1. Colin Healy’s bicycle kick
2. Katie McCabe’s FAI Cup final wonder goal
3. Xhedran Shaqiri’s moment of magic against Honduras
4. Patrice Evra’s thunderbolt against Bayern
5. Wayne Rooney scoring from the halfway line
6. Rogelio Chavez (also from the halfway line)
7. Blaise Matuidi’s audacious overhead kick against the Netherlands
8. Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s stunning free-kick for Hamburger
9. Aitor Aspas’ perfect solo goal
10. Mirco Antenucci’s outrageous bicycle
11. Naldo’s last-minute belter for Wolfsbug
12. Quique Cubas’ never-ending run
13. Javier Pastore’s individual genius against Chelsea
14. Florian Dick’s stunning effort for Kaiserslautern
15. Sergio Leal’s incredible vision for Wuhan Zall
16. Fukui Masato’s unbelievable goal from the halfway line
17. Masterful technique from Lameck Nhamo
18. Emerson’s wizadry from 40 metres out
Originally published at 11.00