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Goal of the Tournament

As well as winning the adidas Golden Ball for the tournament’s best player, Diego Forlan has another reason to celebrate after FIFA.com users voted his strike in the match for third place against Germany as the Goal of the Tournament!

The Atletico Madrid forward’s acrobatic volley which bounced into the rain-sodden turf and back up past Hans-Jorg Butt was the overall favourite, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst wonder-goal against Uruguay coming in second.

Picking up the ball over 30 yards from goal on the left, he unleashed a stunning drive which the goalkeeper, despite applying a despairing touch, could only divert into the top corner via the inside of the post.

Forlan’s goal follows Maxi Rodriguez’s strike against Mexico, which was voted as Goal of the Tournament for Germany 2006.

Diego FORLAN (URU)
Match for third place, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth 10 July 2010
URU
2:3
GER
Rating: 4.4
Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST (NED)
Semifinal, Cape Town 6 July 2010
URU
2:3
NED
Rating: 4.3
Mesut OEZIL (GER)
Group Stage, Johannesburg - Soccer City, 23 June 2010
GHA
0:1
GER
Rating: 3.8
Carlos TEVEZ (ARG)
Round of 16, Johannesburg Soccer City 27 June 2010
ARG
3:1
MEX
Rating: 3.8
Luis SUAREZ (URU)
Round of 16, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth 26 June 2010
URU
2:1
KOR
Rating: 3.8
Siphiwe TSHABALALA (RSA)
Group Stage, Johannesburg - Soccer City, 11 June 2010
RSA
1:1
MEX
Rating: 3.7
Fabio QUAGLIARELLA (ITA)
Group Stage, Johannesburg - Ellis Park 24 June 2010
SVK
3:2
ITA
Rating: 3.2
Lukas PODOLSKI (GER)
Round of 16, Mangaung/Bloemfontein 27 June 2010
GER
4:1
ENG
Rating: 3.2
Sulley MUNTARI (GHA)
Quarter-Finals, Johannesburg - Soccer City 2 July 2010
URU
1:1 (4:2 PSO)
GHA
Rating: 3
Gabriel HEINZE (ARG)
Group Stage, Johannesburg 12 June 2010
ARG
1:0
NGA
Rating: 2.8

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