Goals, goals, goals… We’ve been well-treated by Euro 2024.

Here is a breakdown of the top goals from this year’s German competition, along with the reasons behind them.

A long-range goal is the epitome of perfection in sports, and Euro 2024 has supplied a multitude of unforgettable goals to break up an almost unending run of exciting group games.

The best of the lot was Nicolae Stanciu’s rocket during Romania’s 3-0 victory over Ukraine; it was a swerving, dipping first-time effort that was brilliantly blasted into the top corner from 20 yards.

Goalie Andriy Lunin of Ukraine dove for the shot, but he probably shouldn’t have. In the 1-1 draw with Scotland, Xherdan Shaqiri’s deft finish for Switzerland almost equaled Stanciu’s yell.

The former Stoke forward’s attempt was practically a left-footed mirror copy of Stanciu’s, starting from a similar defensive blunder and including a similar amount of whip and curl. Lukas Provod’s fantastic curling hit for the Czech Republic versus Portugal was on par with that.

Morten Hjulmand’s sharp, strong drive for Denmark, which held England to a 1-1 draw in Frankfurt, rivaled those amazing efforts. Gary Lineker overstated the significance of Hjulmand’s shot on the BBC when he said it was “one in a million,” but any shot that ricochets against a post is an artistic highlight.

On the opening night, Germany defeated Scotland with a goal from outside the area (but within the “D”) by Florian Wirtz, who should have done better. Emre Can then completed the victory with a lovely curler in stoppage time from a similar distance.

The strength and precision of Niclas Füllkrug’s goal, the third in a 5-1 victory for the hosts, merits recognition.

The Real Madrid midfielder made his debut on the greatest stage by punishing Georgia’s defensive laxity with an elegant sweeping finish after Mert Muldur’s incredible volley for Turkey versus Georgia was on the fringe of the area—just inside, in fact.

The back of the net has also been discovered from outside the region by Michel Aebischer (Switzerland), Nicolò Barella (Italy), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), and Erik Janza (Slovenia).

Janza’s and Gakpo’s attempts were blocked, and even if the Slovenian’s powerful strike slightly injured a defender, it was still an incredible play.

The players seem secure in managing adidas’s “Fussballliebe” (Love of football) with such a profusion of long-range goals and clean strikes; this is undoubtedly a big improvement over the infamous Jabulani of 2010.

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