Cristiano Ronaldo’s bicycle kick against Juventus has been nominated for UEFA Goal of the Year

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a thunderous bicycle kick to score a goal in Champions League quarterfinal in April against Juventus.

Former Real Madrid star forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunning bicycle kick against Juventus in the Champions League quarterfinals was included in the nominations for the UEFA Goal of the Year. Apart from Ronaldo, England international Lucy Bronze and Elliot Embleton’s strike was also included in the shortlist of 11 goals announced by UEFA on Tuesday. The goals have been selected from each of UEFA’s main competitions, over the past 12 months.

Bronze’s selected effort was a volley for Lyon against Manchester City, while Embleton’s nominated strike came in a European Under-19 Championship group stage match against Turkey.

Ronaldo’s stunning bicycle kick in April had seen his former club Real pick up a 3-0 win over the Serie A Champions. The Portuguese striker, who has moved to Juventus at the start of this season, scored two goals in the match and caused the elimination of the Italian side from the tournament.

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Real, eventually went on to beat Liverpool 3-1 in the final to clinch their third Champions League trophy in a row. Ronaldo’s goal surpassed Gareth Bale’s tremendous volley in the final to make it in the list of nominations.

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Here are the Nominees List: 

Lucy Bronze (LYON 1-0 Manchester City) – UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-finals, 29/04/18

Olga Carmona (Switzerland 0-2 SPAIN) – UEFA European Women’s Under-19 Championship group stage, 21/07/18

Elisandro (Sporting CP 2-5 INTER FS) – UEFA Futsal Cup final, 22/04/18

Elliot Embleton (Turkey 2-3 ENGLAND) – UEFA European Under-19 Championship group stage, 17/07/18

Christian Eriksen (Republic of Ireland 1-5 DENMARK) – European Qualifiers play-offs, 14/11/17

Paulo Estrela (PORTO 5 -1 Beşiktaş) – UEFA Youth League group stage, 13/09/17

Eva Navarro (Germany 0-2 SPAIN) – UEFA European Women’s Under-17 Championship final, 21/05/18

Dimitri Payet (MARSEILLE 5-2 Leipzig) – UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, 12/04/18

Gonçalo Ramos (Slovenia 0-4 PORTUGAL) – UEFA European Under-17 Championship group stage, 07/05/18

Ricardinho (PORTUGAL 4-1 Romania) – UEFA Futsal EURO group stage, 31/01/18

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus 0-3 REAL MADRID) – UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, 03/04/18

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