The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, also known as FIFA, is the highest governing body of football. In fact, every four years many football fans dedicate their time to watching the FIFA World Cup. Therefore, it’s kind of cool that the prestigious body has acknowledged Nur Fadilah and her awesome goal!
It was just like any other day when Nur Fadilah went to play a friendly futsal match with her friends. At one point, the group of girls were competing to steal the ball from each other.
During this scuffle Nur Fadilah decided to take a risk and aim for the goal in front of her. While she definitely scored a goal, it was so amazing that the girls burst out in laughter. See the amazing goal for yourself.
Her tweet then garnered lots of reaction from netizens.
Out of these reactions, the best is definitely from the official Twitter account of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Apparently many Twitter users were asking them to name it the ‘Goal of the Year’. And they technically did!
https://twitter.com/FIFAWWC/status/1201093515171782656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1201093515171782656&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.malaymail.com%2Fnews%2Fsports%2F2019%2F12%2F03%2Fmalaysian-girls-goal-of-the-year-given-nod-by-fifa-after-clip-goes-viral-vi%2F1815671
The situation got even better when Hope Solo noticed as well! Hope Solo was a goalkeeper for the United States women’s national soccer team. In fact, she is considered as one of the top female goalkeepers in the world! She is also a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Nur Fadilah’s unexpected goal brought laughter to her friends and many of the netizens who saw her tweet. It’s also great to see big names such as FIFA Women’s World Cup and Hope Solo notice her goal.
