Ghaedi, Moghanlou Vying for Best Goal of 2021 ACL
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Former Esteghlal and Persepolis forwards Mehdi Ghaedi and Shahriyar Moghanlou are vying for the best goal of the 2021 AFC Champions League.
The fans have voted and whittled 20 of the finest goals from the 2021 AFC Champions League down to just 10, so now it's time to find out what the fans consider the best goal of the year from the continental competition.
From Sharof Mukhiddinov's opening-day piledriver to Nasser Al-Dawsari's screamer in the final, the-afc.com got 10 fabulous goals to choose from.
Mehdi Ghaedi – Esteghlal FC
vs Al-Ahli Saudi FC, April 15, 2021
Tipped to be one of the stars of the 2021 AFC Champions League, Ghaedi graced the competition with a demonstration of his prodigious talent in the very first match, rifling home from 30 yards out for his second of the game in a 5-2 win against Al-Ahli Saudi.
Shahriyar Moghanlou – Persepolis FC
vs Al-Rayyan, April 29, 2021
Yahya Golmohammadi’s side broke the deadlock in some style against Al-Rayyan when Moghanlou finished off a rapid break that saw Omid Alishah feed Mehdi Torabi down the left before receiving the return pass and setting up Moghanlou to slide home from the edge of the area.
Sharof Mukhiddinov (Pakhtakor), Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Nassr), Carlos Eduardo (Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai), Michael Olunga (Al-Duhail SC), Leandro Damiao (Kawasaki Frontale), Hiroyuki Abe (Nagoya Grampus), Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal SFC) and Nasser Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal SFC) are among the nominees.