The 11 most impressive assists in football.
For some, chalking up an assist is just as satisfying as scoring a goal. The feeling of seeing a pass you made, or putting the finishing touch on a well orchestrated move before the ball finds the next can provide a high as big as scoring one yourself. It has become a fine art, one that many have become so adept in, and though it was hard, we have narrowed it down to the 11 best assists that we could think of.
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11. Guti to Karim Benzema (REAL MADRID)
There are some that would have taken the shot there, but Madrid legend Guti showed the foresight and the temerity to seek out his teammate with a cheeky back heel. His invention was rewarded by the France international, who fired in from inside the box.
10. Julian Draxler to Raul (SCHALKE)
The new kid on the block provides the old master with an easy chance thanks to some tricky footwork from close range.
9. Kaka to Hernan Crespo (AC Milan)
Milan’s third goal in the Champions League final was a real thing of beauty as Kaka laid a wonderful defence splitting pass through to his Argentine colleague to slot away.
8. Michael Laudrup to Ebbe Sand (DENMARK)
The midfield wizard put his teammate through on the Nigerian goal with a deft no-look flick at the 1998 World Cup.
7. Dimitar Berbatov to Cristiano Ronaldo (MANCHESTER UNITED)
It’s sometimes easy to forget just how good Berba was when he wanted to be, and this outrageous piece of skill to tee up Ronaldo was just the tip of the iceberg.
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Ezequiel Lavezzi (PSG)
Zlatan not only scores goals with deft back heels, he creates them, too.
5. Eric Cantona to Dennis Irwin (MAN UNITED)
‘The King’ described this as his favourite moment during his time at United in the film ‘Looking for Eric’ and we can see why. Excellent vision led to a confident finish at the birth of the Premier League.
4. Diego Maradona to Claudio Caniggia (ARGENTINA)
El Diego ran riot through the Brazilian back line, turning three of them inside out before slotting the ball through the last man’s legs and onto the breaking Caniggia to slip it home.
3. Dennis Bergkamp to Freddie Ljungberg (ARSENAL)
The skill involved to keep two Juve defenders at bay before having the vision to chip the ball through to the onrushing Ljungberg, who capped the move off with a fine chip.
2. David Beckham to Ronaldo (REAL MADRID)
Becks had a wonderful range of passing during his time, and the swerve he put on this one to tee Ronaldo up is other worldly.
1. Frank de Boer to Dennis Bergkamp (NETHERLANDS)
What at first seemed like a hopeful punt up field actually tuned out to be the finest pass to the finest goal in World cup history. The voices in the commentary will tell you exactly how important it was.
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