The FM Puskas Award

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We put out a call for your best goal in FM23, with FM24 about to come out in full we needed to decide something very important. What is the best goal scored in a YEAR of Football Manager? The Puskas award, if you will, and we had a truly huge amount of submissions that it took me quite a while to go through.
I did eventually make a decision but not before I created a top 20 and a top 5 for wondergoals in FM. There were simply too many amazing goals that I couldn’t leave so many out without sharing my amazement. I also learned that there were animations in Football Manager I have never seen, which is great, something to look forward to whenever my player wants to do a bicycle kick for once.
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[@ZealandonYT]

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[@outlawedTV88]

Van Dijk goal should have won

[@Bolor30]

A lot of great goals, obviously the Van Dijk goal should have won.

[@karl1ok]

I agree. That van Dijk goal is magical

[@verbfrombonsai8852]

4 seems criminal for such a pretty goal

[@tobyv6087]

Definitely first I’ve seen way more bicycle kicks than whatever that goal was

[@willster947]

Agreed.

[@bitchtits9292]

3 was the best goal ❤

[@karl1ok]

I must say van Dijk got robbed. The Endrick goal is truly insane, but I'm more partial to van Dijk's goal

[@user-ij8kg6ci4p]

that's was just a bug or glitch

[@rb43210]

​@@user-ij8kg6ci4pok? Fm counted it so why does that matter

[@corester3018]

@@user-ij8kg6ci4p if thats just reasoning it shouldnt be on the list

[@SamFonsecaa]

Delighted to make the semi final in the Puskas award! Would like to thank my parents, my friends and most importantly, Marcus Edwards.

[@danielsousa8151]

Fuck yeah, SPORTIIIING!!!

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

Filho de emigrantes no reino unido ou na america?

[@SamFonsecaa]

@@exmsenhorbataguas6411 Nascido no Reino Unido, o meu pai é português e a minha mãe é irlandesa

[@exmsenhorbataguas6411]

@@SamFonsecaa fixe

[@ryangilhooley13]

As a Scotland fan that Schick goal just gave me vietnam flashbacks to Euro 2021. Amazing goal, nightmares for days. Thanks

[@bertbertsonson]

Goalkeepers get so much stick on fm it would be awesome to see top 10 saves 😊

[@Zarramba]

That would be awesome! Agreed

[@MarcosSilva-mq6xr]

My favorite is #2, and fun fact, as a former goalkeeper that goal was nostalgic... The best goal that I've ever seen live is a goal that was scored.... against me... I was never able to fully explain the goal, but it's literally a copy of that goal and just to be even more context, it was a 2-1 loss in the 90+ 😂. The pure silence on my entire team was incredible, knowing that we just lost a game in the last minute, but with a ****ing goal.

[@RichJ93]

I'll take second place all day. Brunori really was a legend, that guy was an absolute animal in front of goal. But that was the pick of the bunch 😂

[@TuNKy97]

The fun fact about the Schick goal is that he scored an almost identical goal in real life too when playing for the national team

[@n0body550]

Actual Nam flashbacks for us scots

[@goncalomartins2676]

My thoughts exactly. On that save I felt a lot that Schick only liked to score goals like that. Always trying to schip that ball

[@Bunniejasmine]

happy to have made it! and totally justified not being any higher with those goals ahead of mine, these goals are ridiculous :')

[@fifacatalyst864]

#12 reminded me of THAT Jamie Vardy goal against Liverpool when Leicester won the league

[@damoncrossan3827]

I don't dwell on twitter or X but if I did I'd have submitted one, probably wouldn't hold up against these goals but it's certainly the best one I've scored, was playing as Crystal Palace and had Jeff Schlupp get dispossessed on the edge of the box, he then proceeded to chase the person who dispossessed him all the way back to half way near the sideline steal it back and run back towards the box and just plant his foot through it and hit the back corner of the net. I was honestly stunned

[@kahntaylor2246]

Work rate - 20

[@Salas100786]

Wow, that Endrick overkick reminds me of Rivaldo goal against Valencia. It's so nice to see so nasty goals in FM, this game really evolved.

[@roiped]

The #2 or the Van Dijk goals should have won..

[@dimitrioli1506]

I found your channel because of puskas from FM 22 so its big moment

[@Archie503]

The Van Dijk goal is reminiscent of a Brazilian fullback,not Carlos but Josimar 1986.Scored 2 worldies in 86 but the one against Poland is the one it reminds me of.

[@yellowscarlightningscream8347]

Well I have experienced most of these such goals in a long FM23 save with Port Vale town....... When you get into new-gen territory then you get to see absolutely crazy goals especially in European competitions

[@benzub4103]

Zealand i love your content, thank you so much for taking me from someone who saw all the fm trailers since 07 and not understanding any of it to getting sacked by my club after a promotion season and then an average finish the next division. Keep going bro i'm from SA Cape Town and i only recently saw that you received last seasons Cape Town FC kit. When i was younger i used to play for Ajax Cape Town (Cape Town Spurs now) and i played half a season on loan at Cape Town City so it would mean the world to me for you to do some kind of save down here. Im so excited for fm24 i cant even express it, but for now ill take all the content about it you got.PS FM took over my life for the last 2 years and i dont see it going anywhere soon. Sys saved my season.

[@simonpercy1388]

You should try to do this but with all Football manager versions using the current match engine and have a rating system with like the top 30 maybe even invite other creator just go crazy as a goodbye to the match engine next year.

[@Aussie_05]

0:00 The bite of '14 (Suarez on Chiellini)

[@Embetebe]

Have you considered putting out a tweet requesting people's best comical own goals?

[@oliverbrady6342]

"He's past the bubble...on the top of the box" Never change Zealand.

[@JennFaeAge]

I was going to say there are a pair of goals I wish I could've shared, but to be fair I don't know if they'd have got anywhere near this list. Ronaldo lobbing the Nottingham Forrest goalie from inside the center circle Neves hits a long ball to Messi, goalie rushes towards him so Leo takes a touch to hit the ball into the air and then, from outside the box, heads the ball over the goalkeeper and beyond the despairing dive of a defender

[@davidpribyl5478]

fun fact, patrik schick has scored something similiar irl in euro2020, shot from far away

[@TheSilentScreamX]

That Marcus Edwards goal made me laugh. I too had an insane Marcus Edwards season in my Sporting save (49 games, 38 goals, 29 assists - he WAS my team), and ironically sold him to the team he scored against in the video for £72m.

[@NunoC95]

hello Z, is the custom database that you used in your FM24 save available to download anywhere? best regards

[@lawosluka7234]

the goalkeeper to volley one was the best

[@gamerpanda3255]

I’m happy that my goal was on the list!

[@trippydrew8492]

The Endrick one wouldn't have got out of the semi finalists for me 🤷‍♂

[@ayomipoige7726]

Thumbnail predicted something

[@minichalvo9818]

Mcsplatts goal in the VNL should have been here, if ykyk

[@lufcwls]

Love seeing the Cymru kit behind Z!

[@Sasquatch10]

2:45 i call that the finesse chip lob.

[@louquole]

The 15th one is the kind of the goal that would make the player try it again every single game for the rest of their career in real life

[@dimitrioli1506]

leetsgooo i was waiting whole year for this

[@tardaboveall491a]

On the #2 goal, there is a bar at the top of the screen, where highlights of the match and be "tracked" so to speak. Much like the older FM's had. Is it a skin you have to dowload in the newer versions or am I missing something? Is it in the settings somewhere? How do I get it?

[@shapeovertime6364]

I think you get that when viewing replays of a game after the game has ended. I remember having that bar up when going through some highlights of my team’s games to figure out who to sell

[@tardaboveall491a]

@@shapeovertime6364 Ah, I see. Was hoping to get it during games. Oh well, thanks anyway!

[@julianodriozola]

that last goal make Zlatan's on Sweden-England look like a tap-in

[@PartykPL]

Oh freak I was waiting for this

[@eltonpinheiro410]

about that endrick goal, he already did that for u20 palmeiras

[@yur048]

I wish this competition was also on the discord server(i dont have Twitter)

[@hambonefakenamington13]

I had Julian Faubert score 2 very similar to #15 against me in the same damn season

[@mateuszsadowski6060]

#6 E. Can goal (L. Leiva assist) vs Watford vibe

[@A_Baguette_]

you cant start with Toreador and not immediately invoke Freddy Fazbear Mr Zealand

[@Leo-uw3me]

sadly angrily but not surprisingly the 20th place goal is almost better than the first place endrick

[@safakdemirbas4350]

Thank you for giving me this honour, Zealand. I just got the chance to watch the video. Also, I'm sorry about the Nba game, i did not have another record of it. Keep up the good work!

[@Hartful13]

Just missed top 5! And those 5 above me were LIT! So that is cool beans!

[@henrikmadsen6446]

Hi Zealand. Content idea: None of the FM streamers cover what physical condition actually does. Yes, it increase injury risk, and you say hard tackle to jerk around both their knees... and neck. But does condition do nothing beside that?? Does it decrease workrate and aggression? Does it decrease technicals? What does low condition do?

[@lazaron1]

Notice time and score with that Coventry bicycle kick vs Leicester

[@christopheryoung2874]

Sweet video, homie!

[@trainofk]

I NEED to give a massive shoutout to whoever edited this one. The audio synchronization on the #1 goal was immaculate. Lining up the important parts leading into the guitar solo with both the kick and the ball hitting the net. Top notch.

[@jacoblea2200]

Do a best newgens from fans on fm 23 video next it would be cool to see some of the crazy stats

[@hoovR]

endrick scored a similar goal irl in the 2022 u20 cup

[@morlath4767]

This was a fantastic video. It's making me excited to see what insanity my team can pull off in FM24. Won't lie though, my head totally went to a condom/STD protection device when the Nord advert started....and I've been watching this channel for _years_ so I know Nord is a big sponsor of Zea!

[@Preposterous93]

Please do a video of best team goals

[@dried.weetbix]

only award I need to see this year

[@asousaRD]

BANGERS!

[@waqqn]

okoye’s goal was so underrated

[@Hogni2000]

I think you shold start a KÍ Klaksvík save in the new fm! Build up KÍ and Faroe Island

[@broganmckinlay4099]

3rd place 🎉 would like to thank my scout for finding the absolute gem of a right back and the defender for heading it out to him

[@NormanBalcomb]

Anyone else feel that overhead kicks are much more common this fm

[@99dndd]

I’ve scored 1 on FM23 compared to 0 from FM20-FM22 so yeah 😂

[@NormanBalcomb]

@@99dndd I scored 2 on the day it came out 😂

[@dayshadow39]

No11. Bicycle kick excellent, swerve on free-kick is unbelievable.

[@Jasoncj099]

LMAO and Bellingham scored the same goal today XD

[@ollieduracell]

I bet none of them won goal of the season in their saves though because winning goal of the season is just broken on FM 😂

[@budou2323]

lots of goals like Ibrahimovic today

[@ramanbaig1968]

its funny how all of us (including me) get hyped over a computer simulation

[@timcarlstrand5890]

17 is basically Kasami vs Crystal Palace 2014

[@SensibleMax]

Endrick did a 'Rivaldo'

[@charleslucas911]

Vid of the year not just goal of the year

[@POPUpKR]

#3 was the best tbh

[@jediromanista3229]

Zealand predicted the Bellingham goal against Barca😂😂

[@Ruok]

Didn't know there's such a competition going ... While I might be too late, I'll like to share the goal that won goal of the season in my current playthrough: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYLGpIKCl5Vmnq8 Do let me know if this would have been a worthy contender!

[@cv_luka]

we need FM's goal of the month too

[@shangqadir1447]

agree

[@ungface]

"all of the other voices in my head" So an entire galactic senates worth of committee members in that nogging?

[@endytu1788]

Great goals here but number 4 is so far ahead of the rest imo. Bicycle kicks and long shots are nice but that one is just ridiculous

[@AltoCalibreOP7]

so hurt that my tiki taka goal wasn't awarded but yeah those are some good finish goals hahah

[@danielmannandersen2332]

Scored a volley after a short throw in with a 3 longshot, 70 CA player and didnt even get to submit it :(

[@TheSiniSterrr]

When is the Zealand skin coming out for FM 2024?

[@timcliffsmith]

The thing I'm taking away from all these goals is that Zealand refers to the D as 'the bubble'.

[@scepaneli6605]

Hey, are you gonna release skin for FM24 ?

[@tomkmb4120]

Is it Flair that causes some of these outrageous attempts?

[@birger937]

Goal #4 it is for me

[@ademkaraman4795]

my favorite #9

[@lewisbrookes411]

All outrageous goals, none won goal of the season award in their respective saves

[@Tubsidio]

Same gol from Rivaldo in 99. If you dont know it... take a look

[@onose10000]

you mean the one versus Valencia in 2001?

[@codla796]

I just wonder why #13 is on the list?

[@pbsmoothie7281]

I'm confused. Z said he watched all the goals and selected the top ones. Is he just rereacting to them in the video then?

[@catz8449]

FC Copenhagen scored an almost identical goal to #13 on this list after just 14 seconds yesterday.

[@lucariokidondemand]

So many jawdropping finishes...

[@110890nick]

kist shows they need to work on the goal keeper

[@ovtikplayz8657]

Zeeland is a city in Netherlands

[@csorrell07]

Can't hate the personal choice but for me its' 1. Ghana v Uruguay 2. Brazilian RB 3. Brunori

[@raferu]

Edwards Goal was the best in my opinion

[@jimsclahdi853]

I think 4 is the best tbh

[@iatespaghetti5869]

Hey Zealand

[@jallen1504]

How did the Van Dijk goal not win?!?!?

[@steven5232]

These just show how bad the FM23 match engine really is. 2 of the first 3 are essentially impossible as you'd not be able to get the ball to go in that direction after attempting that.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Sorry but how was the van Dijk one not top 2 at least?

[@brandonjolley5904]

was that the fnaf music

[@mikeladen6214]

Imo the list is not great. I don't think endrick's goal is even the best bicycle kick scored

[@hessen5498]

Madueke scored Like 3 better than those for me