Since 2009, FIFA has included the "Best Goal of the Year" category in the list of annual individual awards, recognizing the most impressive plays in world football. This award is for all levels of professional football, meaning it is not only for the world's top stars such as the Golden Ball or the Best Player of the Year.
In the early morning of August 24 (Vietnam time), one of the strong candidates for this award appeared in Egypt. In the 32nd round of the Egyptian Premier League (Egyptian national championship), Al-Ittihad Alexandria visited Zamalek, the top team. Al-Ittihad is in 12th place, 39 points behind their opponent, so the risk of defeat is very high.
However, the away team played with determination, causing difficulties for the home team and having a better advantage than the one because a Zamalek player received a red card after 18 minutes of play. The most notable moment appeared in the 44th minute, when Zamalek's attack was blocked in the opponent's half. The ball reached Ibrahim Hassan's feet and after 2 sets of handling and observing that the opposing goalkeeper had gone out of the penalty area, the 31-year-old player fired a shot from the center circle.
The ball went in the right direction, falling right before the goal line and entering the goal in the hopeless efforts of goalkeeper Mohamed Hussein awad.
It was a pity for the visitors that they could not return with 3 points when Zamalek equalized in the 75th minute. However, with his beautiful goal, Hassan was highly praised by the Egyptian media, while the press everywhere also attracted attention and assessed that this could be a candidate for the Best Goal of the Year award.
