The goal of an Argentine footballer was nominated for the Puskas award

Argentine midfielder Álvaro Barreal, of FC Cincinnati in the United States, is among the 11 nominees for the Puskas Award, which is part of the FIFA The Best gala and distinguishes the best goal of the season. The player born in Vélez Sarsfield was chosen by a left-footed volley from the crescent of the area that was nailed in the upper right corner of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds arc in a US Open Cup match played on June 6. The Puskas award, which bears that name for the aesthetic goals scored by the legendary Hungarian striker Ferenc Puskás, recognizes on this occasion the goals scored between December 19, 2022 and August 20, 2023.Barreal, 23, will compete with the Colombian Linda Caicedo (Colombia National Team), the Paraguayan Julio Enciso (Brighton of England), the Korean Seong-jin Kan (South Korean National Team), the Australian Sam Kerr (Australian National Team), the Uruguayan Brian Lozano (Atlas of Mexico), the Brazilian Guilherme Madruga (Botafogo of Brazil), the Spanish Iván Morante (Ibiza FC of Spain), the Kazakh Askhat Tagybergen (Kazakhstan National Team) and the Brazilian Beatriz Zaneratto (Brazilian National Team). Fans can vote for their favourite goal on the FIFA website from today until next Tuesday, October 10. These choices and the consideration of a jury of FIFA legends constitute the methodology to define the winner, who will be recognized at the FIFA The Best gala, still without a specific date. The Puskas Award has been awarded since 2009 and was only won once by an Argentine: midfielder Erik Lamela, with a spectacular rabona in a Tottenham Hotspur-Arsenal match for the Premier League, took the 2021 edition.Lionel Messi integrated three times the final list (2011, 2015, 2019), but was third on the first occasion and second in the remaining two.

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