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Malaysian girl’s 'Goal-of-the-Year' given nod by Fifa after clip goes viral

PETALING JAYA — Any athlete will tell you that scoring a goal or making a game-winning play is a feeling like no other.

A group of young girls watched on as their teammate unwittingly scooped their futsal ball into the basketball hoop.

A group of young girls watched on as their teammate unwittingly scooped their futsal ball into the basketball hoop.

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PETALING JAYA — Any athlete will tell you that scoring a goal or making a game-winning play is a feeling like no other.

There’s just something about it that gets the veins pumping, as onlookers celebrate and marvel at what you’ve just done.

That’s exactly what a group of Malaysian girls felt when one of their teammates, Ms Nur Fadilah, scored an unorthodox goal while playing futsal with her friends.

The nine-second clip, reportedly recorded at University of Technology (UTM) Skudai in Johor, depicts a group of young women playing on a makeshift court when one of them suddenly does the impossible and chips the ball into the basketball hoop while trying to score a goal.

“Today is in history. My first time scoring a goal like this, the best I’ve ever scored,” wrote Ms Nur Fadilah.

Although unintentional, the goal was truly remarkable — she managed to fling the ball up into the air right in front of the net and put it through the hoop off the board.

While her goal may not win many official awards, it certainly got the attention of many netizens. Ms Nur Fadilah’s post has gone viral on Twitter, racking up more than 800,000 views, with over 26,000 shares.

Even the official page of the Fifa Women’s World Cup took notice of the clip.

Fifa explained in a tweet that a social media user sent the video in asking for the FIFA committee to consider making it the “Goal-of-the-Year”.

“One of our followers sent us this and asked us to make it ‘Goal of the Year’. Well...technically,” joked FIFA.

Ms Nur Fadilah also received recognition from one of women’s football’s finest ever players, former US goalkeeper Hope Solo.

The World Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medalist commended Ms Nur Fadilah and her fellow teammates for their efforts, even saying that she wouldn’t have saved the shot.

“Tricky approach in front of goal. I couldn’t have stopped that!” said Solo on Twitter. MALAY MAIL

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