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Hlompho Kekana is no stranger to scoring long-range beauties.
In March 2016, he struck from inside his own half for Bafana Bafana against Cameroon, and he was duly nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award that year.
Kekana didn’t win, but he’s in with a shot again after his bullet for Mamelodi Sundowns against Cape Town City on August 20 last year.
That strike is one of the 11 nominees for this year’s FIFA Puskás Award, reports ESPN, with public voting continuing until December 9.
At that stage, FIFA will announce the three finalists, with the winner chosen based on public voting (50%), and votes from football experts (50%).
The victor will be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Zurich on Thursday, December, 17.
I reckon Kekana’s goal gets bonus points for thumping the inside of the post on its way in:
Hlompho Kekana’s rocket for Sundowns against Cape Town City has been nominated for the FIFA #PuskasAward…
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— Joe Crann (@YesWeCrann) November 25, 2020
If you want to vote for Kekana’s goal, head here.
Should he win, he would join the ranks of Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Neymar, James Rodriguez, and Mohamed Salah.
Pretty decent company to keep.
At the time of writing, these were the four most-viewed Puskás Award nominees on FIFA’s YouTube channel, in descending order:
In our last meeting with Burnley…
…Sonny did THIS!
#THFC
#COYS pic.twitter.com/e1oyj6rFZh
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 6, 2020
Os torcedores elegeram esse golaço do Arrascaeta como o mais bonito da história do Flamengo! Mas será que é o mais bonito entre os representantes de todos os times? Dê o seu voto aqui: https://t.co/X7MayZ29Mo pic.twitter.com/HOKpkkPKtk
— ge (@geglobo) April 15, 2020
¡Siempre en nuestra memoria! Este golazo de André-Pierre Gignac vs #Pumas#DuroTigres
pic.twitter.com/zl03K6FW6p
— Solo Tigres (@solotigres) August 21, 2020
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@CallMeMathieuu @CallMeMathieuuNominated goals for the Puskas Prize 2020
The goal of the beautiful Luis Suarez heels
— @GoalRushh (@GoalRushh) November 25, 2020
I feel like Son Heung-min is in with a real shot at taking top spot, but competition is stiff.
You can find videos of all the nominees on FIFA’s YouTube channel.
[source:espn]
