Years and years, goals and goals, people come, people go... Football world never lacks stories, but only the classics can last forever. We will give you a ride to the most memorable football moments. Welcome to All Football GODLIKE column.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, famous for his outstanding scoring skills and unruly character, finished one of the most incredible individual heroics in the footballing history in November 2012.
The Sweden captain scored four goals in a 4-2 victory over England, with one of them winning the Puskas award as well as becoming a contender for the best goal of the century.
Ibrahimovic had put his side in front after 20 minutes but England scored two goals to gain the lead before the break.
Just when the England fans started ironically serenading the pony-tailed Zlatan Ibrahimovic with “you’re just a s--- Andy Carroll”, the Swedish forward moved up a gear, adding to his first-half goal with three gems in the last 15 minutes, including a strike that defied geometry let alone belief. England were stunned into silence.
A great goalscorer and a scorer of great goals, Ibrahimovic’s first was an instinctive poacher’s finish, his second an emphatic half-volley and his third a 30-yard free-kick.
The match-ball was his, victory was Sweden’s. England had not conceded a hat-trick since the marvellous Marco van Basten gave Tony Adams nightmares in 1988. It needed something special to go one step beyond Van Basten’s brilliance. It needed the mighty Zlatan.
However, it was this fourth goal that will linger long in the memory, that will be saluted around the world. It was a reminder of the joy of football, of the breathtaking transferral of a ball into a net.
Ibrahimovic was out on the right, his eyes fixed like a hawk on Joe Hart’s poor clearance dropping towards him. The goalkeeper was out of his area, his goal unprotected, but the angle was still ludicrously tight.
It needed technique, imagination and vision to attempt what Ibrahimovic did next, meeting the ball with a sensational overhead kick and sending it flying in an elegant arc into England’s goal.
THAT unbelievable bicycle goal with passionate commentary
"It was the best goal I have ever seen. The best before that was Wayne Rooney's [for Manchester United against Manchester City]. Everyone knows how special that one was, but this one tonight, an overhead kick from 25 yards when the ball is six feet in the air ... well, only certain players can do that, and he is a special player. - Steven Gerrard
