#2 Mario Mandzukic (Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus, 3/6/2017)
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Overhead kicks are always special, but they are doubly so when they come in the final of the Champions League. Mario Mandzukic has a moment to treasure from a match he will want to otherwise forget, as he brilliantly brought Juventus back on terms against Real Madrid in Cardiff.
Not only was the execution of his finish magnificent, it was aided by a fine build up, during which the ball did not touch the ground. A long diagonal pass picked out Alex Sandro on the left side, with the Brazilian lifting a first-time cross to Gonzalo Higuain, who in turn passed the ball off to Mandzukic.
From a seemingly impossible situation, the forward chested the ball into the air and pivoted so as to give himself the angle to fire a wonderful bicycle kick over Claudio Bravo and into the net.
Had it been the winner, it might have challenged for top spot, but it proved a mere footnote on a night that was otherwise Cristiano Ronaldo’s.
