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By 101 Great Goals

The reduced league fixture list over the last seven days, caused by the generally unwanted international football break, has allowed a group of lesser lights to grab the spotlight this week.

Goals one, two and three all provided evidence of the rocket-power simmering away under the surface in the second divisions in Germany, Brazil, Spain. On a similar theme, goal four showed the huge talent strutting around in the reserve league in England.

Yet the big boys were able to chip in with a few beauties of their own. While goal five showed that international football can also serve up howitzers, goal six was something a little more special as it set the benchmark for volleys this year.

Without giving too much away arguably the standout out goal this week is positioned at number seven, while rounding off the list were three crackers from Italy's Serie B.

Without further ado, all we ask is that you sit back and enjoy! And remember to scroll down to the bottom to vote for your favourite.

1. Wellington (Fortuna Dusseldorf v Hertha Berlin, August 30, 2010)

2. Leo Gago (Coritiba v Icasa, August 31, 2010)

3. Benat Urkiaga (Betis v Salamanca, September 1, 2010)

4. Federico Macheda (Oldham reserves v Manchester United reserves, September 1, 2010)

5. Adlene Guedioura (Algeria v Tunisia, September 3, 2010)

6. Hamit Altintop (Kazakhstan v Turkey, September 3, 2010)

7. Cleo (Partizan Belgrade v Hajduk Kula, September 4, 2010)

8. Aniello Cutolo (Torino v Crotone, September 4, 2010) (1.07 minutes in)

9. Vincenzo Sommese (Ascoli v Albinoleffe, September 5, 2010)

10. Antonino Barilla (Reggina v Piacenza, September 5, 2010)

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Narrowly missing this week’s list were goals from Manuel Pamic, Simao, Junior, David Villa, Everton and Mario Bermejo.

Goal.com Poll
Poll runs from Sep 6, 2010 to Sep 10, 2010
Poll runs from Sep 6, 2010 to Sep 10, 2010
Which Of The Following Is The Best Goal Of The Week?
Cleo (Partizan Belgrade)
 
55.68%
Hamit Altintop (Turkey)
 
22.19%
Federico Macheda (Manchester United reserves)
 
13.82%
Antonino Barilla (Reggina)
 
3.47%
Wellington (Fortuna Dusseldorf)
 
1.49%
Adlene Guedioura (Algeria)
 
1.03%
Leo Gago (Coritiba)
 
0.95%
Vincenzo Sommese (Ascoli)
 
0.52%
Benat Urkiaga (Betis)
 
0.46%
Aniello Cutolo (Crotone)
 
0.39%
 
 
 
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We've had two tremendous matches today, so lets hope the intensity keeps up in the next clashes!

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2/15/12
All this focus on the Arsenal and Milan game should not take away from another cracker earlier tonight between Zenit and Benfica. The Russians came from a goal down to lead 2-1 in the closing minutes before Oscar Cardozo levelled things for Benfica, but it wasn't over there as Roman Shirokov won the game for Zenit in the 88th minute.

Here's the thoughts of Benfica coach Jorge Jesus, who felt his side deserved a point from the game.
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Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny bemoaned his side's luck tonight but refused to give up. Here's some of his quotes:

"They were the better team on the night and that's the story of the day.

"We have to keep fighting, pick ourselves up, get the confidence back and challenge in the other competitions and in the second leg of this tie too.

"They punished us on every occasion; they scored some quality goals and they deserved to win."

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Another Milan player who was willing to share his thoughts after the match was Mark van Bommel, who has urged caution ahead of the second leg in London.

“The score made it look like it was an easy game, but it certainly wasn't.

(Strange... it looked pretty easy from where I was sitting, but hey.)

“I do not think it's over yet. I remember a clash between Milan and Deportivo la Coruna when Milan was also ahead by four goals, and in the end Deportivo eliminated Milan.

“I went into the Arsenal dressing room after the match to speak to Robin van Persie. I had agreed with him to swap shirts – my sons are big fans of his and he brought two for them. They will be delighted.


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“I've spoken with PSV, but we don't have an agreement yet. The club has to decide what they want.

“If Louis van Gaal turns out to be the new coach, I won't go.”


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Next up is the Milan maestro Clarence Seedorf. He only managed 12 minutes on the pitch, but watching from the sidelines he was delighted at how his team mates had dominated the game.

"Tonight everything went in the right direction and we did a very good match. You don't start a match thinking to win 4-0, but at the end i think we deserved it coz we played very well."

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