"The very definition of top bins: James Edmondson pops one right in the stanchion at Slough Town to help Macclesfield Town into the third round of the FA Cup. Matty Taylor eat your heart out: Kevin Rodrigues lets fly for Kasmpasa against Rizespor. More dip than a rollercoaster in Blackpool. See also: Ben Brannan for Hibs against Kilmarnock. Jordyn Bugg scores for Seattle Reign against North Carolina Courage from way downtown."
"Angel Di Maria, now with boyhood club Rosario Central, rolls back the years to score a late free-kick winner in the derby against Newell's Old Boys. Australia's Kyra Cooney-Cross has the option to slip a teammate in on goal but, nah, spots the German goalkeeper off her line and floats one in from 40 yards. Queretaro's Carlos Orrantia plays nice with a couple of deft touches to give himself some room before unleashing a thunderbolt into the top corner against Atlas."
"A good old-fashioned wallop from Libya's Mahmoud Al-Shalwi, who nearly took the net off with this 35-yard free-kick in a 3-3 draw with Cape Verde. If you are going to beat Thibaut Courtois from 25 yards out, you better put it right in the postage stamp and that's exactly what Declan Rice did for Arsenal in the Champions League quarter final. Twice in the same game."
A collection of remarkable goals highlights long-range precision, powerful free-kicks and acrobatic finishes across multiple leagues and competitions. Examples include top-corner strikes, floated 40-yard attempts, thunderbolts after deft touches, and 35-yard wallops that nearly tore nets. The selection spans grassroots cup ties, domestic derbies, league matches and elite continental fixtures. Notable moments include a player scoring two identical free-kicks in one Champions League quarter-final match and a variety of finish types from set-pieces to open-play screamers. The compilation demonstrates technical variety, power, accuracy and global reach in modern football finishing.
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