"France Football" selects the 50 most beautiful Champions League goals of all time

2020-05-06 10:58 © JumpStory

The prestigious French football magazine "France Football" compiled a list of the 50 most beautiful goals in the UEFA Champions League. In the first position is Zinedine Zidane's victorious goal in the 2002 tournament final. The Frenchman, after a pass from Roberto Carlos, gifted the "Real" team with the most important club trophy with an impressive left-footed strike. 😍🔝 Zidane's GOLAZO in the 2002 @ChampionsLeague Final has been chosen as the competition's most beautiful by @francefootball! 👏#RMFansEnCasa | #RMHistory pic.twitter.com/6xQUHuDqGs - Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) May 5, 2020 In second place is Mauro Bressan's goal from more than 20 meters in 1999. The former "Fiorentina" goalkeeper stunned the "Barcelona" goal. The only way to mark Mauro Bressan's birthday 🚲😱#UCL pic.twitter.com/dDz2fdNYId - UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 5, 2019 The third position is also occupied by a self-goal - Cristiano Ronaldo's shot that impressed the fans in Turin in the 2017-18 season. His long-time teammate Gareth Bale, who performed an acrobatic shot in the same season's tournament final, was left in fourth place. ℹ️ Cristiano Ronaldo = #UCL legend ✔️⁣⁣🏆 Most final wins in history: 5⁣⚽️ All-time competition top scorer: 128⁣🔥 Most goals in a single season: 17 ⁣🥇 Only player to score in 3 finals⁣😮 Only player to score in 11 straight games⁣⁣🎂 @Cristiano 🎂 pic.twitter.com/bA1ky2WFPf - UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 5, 2020 Dejan Stankovic's long-range "bomba" into Manuel Neuer's goal in 2011 and Philippe Mexes's goal against Anderlecht in 2012 also made it to the top five. The top 50 goals of all time in the Champions League:

1. Zidane (Real Madrid) against Bayer Leverkusen in 2002.
2. Bressan (Fiorentina) against Barcelona in 1999.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) against Juventus in 2018.
4. Stankovic (Inter Milan) against Schalke 04 in 2011.
5. Mexès (Milan) against Anderlecht in 2012.
6. Bale (Real Madrid) against Liverpool in 2018.
7. Essien (Chelsea) against Barcelona in 2009.
8. Mandzukic (Juventus) against Real Madrid in 2017.
9. Ronaldinho (Barcelona) against Chelsea in 2005.
10. Ramsey (Arsenal) against Galatasaray in 2014.
11. Claudio Lopez (Valencia) against PSV Eindhoven in 1999.
12. Ziyech (Ajax) against Chelsea in 2019.
13. Hugo Almeida (Porto) against Inter Milan in 2005.
14. Savicevic (Milan) against Barcelona in 1994.
15. Messi (Barcelona) against Liverpool in 2019.
16. Van Basten (Milan) against Goteborg in 1992.
17. Weah (PSG) against Bayern Munich in 1994.
18. Ibrahimovic (PSG) against Anderlecht in 2013.
19. Hagi (Galatasaray) against Monaco in 2000.
20. Giannakopoulos (Olympiakos) against Porto in 1997.
21. Coridon (PSG) against Porto in 2004.
22. Crouch (Liverpool) against Galatasaray in 2006.
23. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) against Porto in 2009.
24. Robben (Bayern Munich) against Manchester United in 2010.
25. Eto'o (Barcelona) against Panathinaikos in 2005.
26. Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen) against Roma in 2004.
27. Drogba (Chelsea) against Barcelona in 2006.
28. Messi (Barcelona) against Bayern Munich in 2015.
29. Henry (Arsenal) against Sparta Prague in 2005.
30. Lucho González (Porto) against Hamburg in 2006.
31. Sabitzer (RB Leipzig) against St. Petersburg in 2019.
32. Lee Sharpe (Manchester United) against Barcelona in 1994.
33. Messi (Barcelona) against Manchester United in 2009.
34. Lampard (Chelsea) against Barcelona in 2006.
35. Redondo-Raúl (Real Madrid) against Manchester United in 2000.
36. Iniesta (Barcelona) against Chelsea in 2009.
37. Zahavi (Apoel Tel Aviv) against Lyon in 2010.
38. Ljungberg-Bergkamp (Arsenal) against Juventus in 2001.
39. Messi (Barcelona) against Real Madrid in 2011.
40. Veron (Lazio) against Feyenoord in 2000.
41. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) against Arsenal in 2009.
42. Silva (Valencia) against Chelsea in 2007.
43. Papin (Milan) against Porto in 1993.
44. Perisic (Borussia Dortmund) against Arsenal in 2011.
45. Mancini (Roma) against Lyon in 2007.
46. González (Panathinaikos) against Arsenal in 2004.
47. Mikael Nillson (Goteborg) against PSV in 1993.
48. Deivid (Fenerbahçe) against Chelsea in 2008.
49. Juninho (Lyon) against Bayern Munich in 2003.
50. Henry (Arsenal) against Real Madrid in 2006.