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[redobit]

From reading the posts on the England 88 Vs Italy 94 thread, it occured that both goals were brilliant. So puting a side your age, the teams they were playing against etc. Which did you think was the better of the two goals. For me its the one aginst England - what a header back across, just class.

[Pike B]

Disagree, the wonderfully intentional effort against Italy for me ;) ;)

[Wolfie]

Disagree, the wonderfully intentional effort against Italy for me

Yeah - he showed a genius level of technical ability to deliberately achieve that strange arching flight path on the ball! :)

(Still worth its weight in gold regardless of how it went in!! - they all count etc etc, ;) )

I'd choose the Euro 88 goal.

[Shedender81]

Neither goal was crafted...

[Pike B]

Neither goal was crafted...
Are you saying our Ray was in some way lucky?? Ooh the cheek... :D But as Wolfie rightly pointed out, they all count.. Go on the Razor.....

[Block G Raptor]

Think the header against england was excellently executed without even a hint of luck to be honest. Goal against Italy was jammy but if you don't shoot you don't score. defo the england one for me though

[Morbo]

Gotta be the England one, Italy one was a great moment too but the England one was more special what with it being the first time we qualified, there was no luck involved, was a header scored by the smallest man on the pitch added to the hillarity as well as it being more satisfying to beat England than Italy

[redobit]

Peter shilton was in goal for england at the time and was rated the prob the best in the world at the time also

[Shedender81]

Peter shilton was in goal for england at the time and was rated the prob the best in the world at the time also

The Russian lad in the next game was the No 1 at that time.... Shilts was 38 and slow... and was No 1 in England which alas after the fall of the empire is no longer the world

[Wolfie]

The Russian lad in the next game was the No 1 at that time..

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (Russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев) (born June 13, 1957 in Astrakhan, Soviet Union) is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with the Soviet national team. He is considered the second best Russian goalkeeper ever behind Lev Yashin,[1] and one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of the World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988 by the IFFHS. In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.

Dasayev, nicknamed “The Iron Curtain”, was a goalkeeper for the Russian football club Spartak Moscow during most of the 1980s. He won the Soviet championship five times and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper by Ogonyok (Огонëк) magazine in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988. Dasayev played for the Soviet national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. He appeared in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Euro 88 (where the Soviet Union finished second). In total, he was capped 91 times from 1979 to 1990, being the second-most capped player ever for the Soviet Union.

After his contract ran out with the Spanish club Sevilla FC in the early 1990s, Dasayev retired from the sport.

[Pike B]

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (Russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев) (born June 13, 1957 in Astrakhan, Soviet Union) is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with the Soviet national team. He is considered the second best Russian goalkeeper ever behind Lev Yashin,[1] and one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of the World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988 by the IFFHS. In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.

Dasayev, nicknamed “The Iron Curtain”, was a goalkeeper for the Russian football club Spartak Moscow during most of the 1980s. He won the Soviet championship five times and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper by Ogonyok (Огонëк) magazine in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988. Dasayev played for the Soviet national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. He appeared in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Euro 88 (where the Soviet Union finished second). In total, he was capped 91 times from 1979 to 1990, being the second-most capped player ever for the Soviet Union.

After his contract ran out with the Spanish club Sevilla FC in the early 1990s, Dasayev retired from the sport.
Now there's a mouth full. What a name... :D

[Wolfie]

Now there's a mouth full. What a name... :D

I'd imagine Jack Charlton identified him as "The Russian Lad" as well :)

[Pike B]

'Dat Rushin Keepa Like'.....:D

[Wolfie]

'Dat Rushin Keepa Like'.....:D

Yeah - this was the man who once referred to his own goal keeper as "Bonnie Packer". :D

[Bluebeard]

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (Russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев) (born June 13, 1957 in Astrakhan, Soviet Union) is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with the Soviet national team. He is considered the second best Russian goalkeeper ever behind Lev Yashin,[1] and one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of the World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988 by the IFFHS. In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.

After his contract ran out with the Spanish club Sevilla FC in the early 1990s, Dasayev retired from the sport.

Isn't he playing midfield for Sligo these days? Some player to be still doing a job out of position at the age of 50!