The finest efforts so far in Brazil.
With the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil having concluded on Thursday CaughtOffside felt like it was the ideal opportunity to pick out the 10 best goals so far at he tournament.
10. Claudio Marchisio, ITALY v England
Although the Italians are now out of the competition, it all looked so hopeful for them when they beat England 2-1 in the opener, with this well worked corner resulting in a fine strike from Marchisio.
9. Neymar, BRAZIL v Cameroon
Although already through at this point the Brazilians needed to confirm top spot and did so in emphatic style thanks to a great strike from their talisman.
8. Jermaine Jones, USA v Portugal
Having beaten Ghana in their opener the Americans then put themselves in control for qualification bu drawing 2-2 with the Portuguese in game where this goal stole the headlines.
7. Arjen Robben, NETHERLANDS v Spain
In a 5-1 rout that probably still ranks as the best team performance of the tournament so far, Robben finished things off with this brilliant individual effort.
6. Xherdan Shaqiri, SWITZERLAND v Honduras
In a game where the Bayern Munich winger would go onto score a hat-trick and book his side’s place in the last-16, this first was the pick of the bunch.
5. James Rodriguez, COLOMBIA v Japan
This 22-year-old AS Monaco forward is an early contender for the Golden Ball award for his performances and this chip against the Japanese was sublime.
4. Eduardo Vargas, CHILE v Spain
Having been defeated by the Dutch the reigning champions then crashed out of the competition after losing to the Chileans, with this great team effort helping achieve that.
3. Tim Cahill, AUSTRALIA v Netherlands
In the supposed ‘Group of Death’ there were plenty of superb strikes, including this well timed volley from Cahill.
2. Lionel Messi, ARGENTINA v Iran
It took until the 91st minute, but in the end the four-time Ballon d’Or winner secured his nation’s place in the last-16 with this winner against Iran.
1. Robin van Persie, NETHERLANDS v Spain
Still our favourite strike though is this amazing header from Manchester United ace van Persie.
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