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Chavez's stunning 75mph free-kick was the most powerful group stage goal

  /  autty

Luis Chavez's bullet free-kick for Mexico against Saudi Arabia was the most powerfully struck goal of the World Cup group stage.

Ball technology housed inside adidas’ Al Rilha match ball has tracked every goal scored during the group stage and assessed its power.

With a max speed of over 75mph, Chavez's thumping effort from just over 30 yards out topped the table ahead of Ritsu Doan's strike against Spain, which forced a mistake from goalkeeper Unai Simon and had a max speed just shy of 75mph.

The astonishing speed and distance of Chavez's free-kick against Saudi Arabia has prompted many fans to label the strike as one of the goals of the tournament so far.

Niclas Fullkrug's equaliser against Spain also ranked as one of the fastest strikes of the tournament so far with a max speed of 73mph.

The German's effort in fact boasted a faster average speed than both Chavez's and Doan's strikes from distance, travelling 7mph higher on average at 68mph.

Marcus Rashford, who netted twice against Wales in England's final win of the group stage, was fifth on the list behind Cristiano Ronaldo, whose bullet penalty against Ghana came in at a whopping max speed of 73mph.

Gareth Bale's thunderous spot-kick against USA was also recorded as one of the most powerfully hit goals of the group stage, reaching a max speed of 71mph.

Youssef En-Nesyri, Cody Gakpo, Lionel Messi and Carlos Soler were also in the top 10 for goals against Canada, Ecuador, Mexico and Costa Rica respectively.