Neymar and Messi standing in Hlompo Kekana's way in fight for top Fifa honour

22 November 2016 - 12:49 By Marc Strydom

Mamelodi Sundowns star Hlompo Kekana’s wonder goal for Bafana Bafana against Cameroon has been nominated amongst the 10 finalists for Fifa’s goal of the year award‚ to be decided by a public vote. South Africans are encouraged to get onto Fifa.com and vote for the strike‚ scored from within his own half by Kekana on March 26 in an 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Limbe.Click here to vote for Kekana’s goal Kekana’s goal appears to stand head and shoulders above the other nine nominations but with strikes from world stars such as Barcelona’s Neymar and Argentina’s Lionel Messi among the candidates‚ the competition might turn into a popularity contest. Kekana’s strike was scored in the first half‚ taking the ball off Cameroon’s Tony Tshani deep in Bafana’s half.The Sundowns defensive midfielder advanced a few metres then lobbed in a strike over the head of backtracking goalkeeper Guy N’dy Assembe‚ still from a good 10 metres inside his own half on the right.Among other favourites for the award are Neymar’s strike against Villareal in La Liga in November‚ where‚ after a build-up from Barcelona’s own penalty area‚ where he flicked the Brazilian flicked the ball over a defender before finishing.Another string contender is from Venezuela girls’ player Daniuska Rodriguez whose skills displayed beating two Colombian defenders – one of them twice – in the U-17 Sudamericano Championship before blasting in are astounding.- TMG Digital/TMG Sports ..

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