Final Tasting: Last 9 “Close but no Cigar” Goals

The monkeys are getting restless.

After hours of sweating over a hot computer screen, tomorrow we will finally be releasing the official “101 Greatest Goals of the Season” list. A weekend of arguments, name-calling and and last minute revisions has just been survived, and in preparation to the climax of our football season we are happy to bring you the final ten goals that just missed out on the cut.

Enjoy!

1. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus v Artmedia Petrzalka, August 13, 2008)

2. Geovanni (Arsenal v Hull, September 27, 2008)

3. Joan Capdevila (Villarreal v Aalborg, October 21, 2008)

4. Ivica Olic (Hamburg v Werder Bremen, November 23, 2008)

5. Luciano Monzon (Sporting Gijon v Real Betis, November 23, 2008) (0.18 minutes in)

6. Joe Garner (Southampton v Nottingham Forest, December 20, 2008)

7. Pedro Mendes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Rangers, January 4, 2008)

8. Marat Izmailov (Sporting Lisbon v Pacos Ferreira, January 18, 2009)

9. Juan Pablo Pino (Caen v Monaco, January 18, 2009)

10. Fernando Torres (Liverpool v Blackburn, April 11, 2009)