{"id":39603,"date":"2020-07-03T14:34:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T21:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=39603"},"modified":"2020-07-03T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T21:34:40","slug":"mahdavikias-goal-vs-usa-nominated-for-asias-greatest-world-cup-goals-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2020\/07\/03\/mahdavikias-goal-vs-usa-nominated-for-asias-greatest-world-cup-goals-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahdavikia\u2019s goal vs USA nominated for &#8216;Asia\u2019s Greatest World Cup Goals&#8217; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tasnim &#8211; KUALA LUMPUR, <strong>A goal from Mehdi Mahdavikia in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, has been nominated as the Asia\u2019s Best FIFA World Cup goals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a second semi-final featuring 10 more Asian World Cup classics, this week\u2019s selection features some of the continent\u2019s all-time greats, all delivering moments of magic on the game\u2019s biggest stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are fabulous free-kicks, blistering breakaways and scorchers from distance, but which five goals will advance to next week\u2019s final?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an eagerly anticipated fixture, and with Team Melli already a goal up thanks to Hamid Estili\u2019s first-half header, Mehdi Mahdavikia put the seal on a famous win with a lung-bursting breakaway run and finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding himself in open space in the 83rd minute, the future Bundesliga star sprinted towards goal before expertly poking the ball into the bottom corner from just inside the penalty area, all but guaranteeing three priceless Iranian points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahdavikia will vie with Faisal Al Dakheel (Kuwait), Hwangbo Kwan (Korea Republic), Fahad Al Ghesheyan (Saudi Arabia), Ahn Jung-hwan (Korea Republic), Brett Holman (Australia), Yasuhito Endo (Japan), Park Ji-sung (Korea Republic), Keisuke Honda (Japan) and Son Heung-min (Korea Republic) to qualify for the final stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iraj Danaeifard\u2019s goal against Scotland in the 1978 FIFA World Cup had been previously nominated as Asia\u2019s Greatest FIFA World Cup goal in the first semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asia&#039;s Best Goals at the FIFA World Cup - Semi-final - 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TZLnPIxnLBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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