Greatest Individual Display

Originally Posted by m1ke

weah against verona! i forget what year

I'm guessing you mean '96 when Weah scored argubly the greatest goal ever

That 90 yard run? what a stunning piece of skill it was. Talking of goals I remember one Papin scored i think 93/94 (may be wrong) against Lazio from about 35 yards out curling it around into the top corner just after jumping over a takle and hitting it before the ball landed... amazing goal...

Originally Posted by iregk

Almilan, i like the Keane one, but I thought he was better in Lansdowne against Holland. Apart from that I believe the greatest ever Ireland display was from The Wall Paul McGrath against Italy in the 94 world cup. Sorry to the Azzuri half of the forum but he was awesome in that game. Did anyone actually know that after that match Baggio came into Ireland's dressing room to personally congratulate McGrath and ask for his jersey, signed!!!

Yeah Keane's performance against Holland was amazing aswell but the Portugal game in Dublin still edges it for me.

I like the Paul McGrath one too, if we had him now we could win the world cup in 2006!

Do you go to any of the Irish games? I can never get tickets for the competitive home games, the only one I was at was the world cup qualifer against Georgia 2-0. I been to friendlies but there not the same.

Was one of the 40,000 Irish in Paris though for the French game.

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

I'm guessing you mean '96 when Weah scored argubly the greatest goal ever

can't agree

that one was a cracker but if you watch maradona's goals you'll find out that beating 5/6 players was a common thing for him every match

Maradona's 2nd goal against England in 1986 was something else
so was his first! (Hand of God)

Originally Posted by almilan

Maradona's 2nd goal against England in 1986 was something else
so was his first! (Hand of God)

despite it's his most famous if you look all his goals through his career and highlights, you'll find out he did such things almost everygame, but the fact he did that in a WC , with hundred millions of people watching it, made it the best goal ever

..he was rather used to dribble for fun,usually 3/4 players before giving away ball;

once he dribbled the keeper, could kick to net, but waited the defender, send him wrong way and then put the ball inside

Originally Posted by almilan

Do you go to any of the Irish games? I can never get tickets for the competitive home games, the only one I was at was the world cup qualifer against Georgia 2-0. I been to friendlies but there not the same.

Al, I do go to the games in lansdowne regardless of how much i hate the place!!! Im usually always there for any game competitive or non. Frieldlies are not the same at all but still cant help but support the lads. I work around the corner from the fai and know all the staff there so getting them isn't usually too hard for me. If you have trouble next game gimme a shout and I'll see what I can do for you.

thanks i might need help on getting tickets, yeah landsdown is not exactly the san siro! Croke park the sooner the better!

i have a report of my trip to paris in the general football section, you might be interested in reading it. name of thread is france vs Ireland its on page 2 of the general football forums

Originally Posted by Giovanni

can't agree

that one was a cracker but if you watch maradona's goals you'll find out that beating 5/6 players was a common thing for him every match

true, but the one thing Weah did in that goal that I haven't even seen Maradona do in his career is to run from our box to the oppositions box and then coolly finishing the move.

Either way, I'm glad to have witnessed both players' careers and so many great moments

milan's victory over barca at athens was such a masterpiece, and the goal by savicevic was absolutely heavenly.

Best individual display for me is Keane vs Juve in 99

There are a lot of worthy contenders but what makes Keane's stand out is that it was totally selfless

Utd lost 2 early goals against the side rated best in Europe (having played in the 3 previous finals) and Keane himself got booked, ruling him out of the final. Even though he knew he wouldnt play in the final he almost single handedly turned the game back in Utds favour, outclassed Davids and Zidane, scored the crucial breakthrough goal and continually inspired him teammates

Originally Posted by m1ke

weah against verona! i forget what year

AGREE !!
Opening match (1st week) 97/98 Italian Serie A against Hellas Verona.
What a wonderful individual counter attack after collecting the ball from Verona's cornerkick.
In the next day, a media called him " Mister Centrimetri " (Mr. 100 metres)

And that makes me feel that Weah more impressive than Sheva!

Sorry !!

Originally Posted by Stezagud

Best individual display for me is Keane vs Juve in 99

There are a lot of worthy contenders but what makes Keane's stand out is that it was totally selfless

Utd lost 2 early goals against the side rated best in Europe (having played in the 3 previous finals) and Keane himself got booked, ruling him out of the final. Even though he knew he wouldnt play in the final he almost single handedly turned the game back in Utds favour, outclassed Davids and Zidane, scored the crucial breakthrough goal and continually inspired him teammates

Roy is getting nominated a lot. I saw that game too and its true he played Zidane in his prime and Davids off the field pretty much by himself. I think most Premiership fans would consider that the best indivual performance ever but believe me his performances for Ireland against Portugal and Holland in qualifers for the 2002 world cup were even better

Ronaldo against extremadura and compostella (barca's jersey)
Actually he had plenty of sheer magic

The phenomenon was come !!

Roy is getting nominated a lot. I saw that game too and its true he played Zidane in his prime and Davids off the field pretty much by himself. I think most Premiership fans would consider that the best indivual performance ever but believe me his performances for Ireland against Portugal and Holland in qualifers for the 2002 world cup were even better

I did see the Holland game where he got Overmars (or Zenden maybe?) with a crunching tackle after about 10 seconds after that the rest of the Dutch players didnt go near him