Classic World Cup moment #4 – Dennis Bergkamp v Argentina, 1998
By Stewart Primrose
France ’98 provided some memorable moments, not least in the final itself. But the quarter-final tie involving Holland and Argentina provided us with a sheer moment of genius from someone we had become accustomed to know on these shores.
With the match tied at one-a-piece, and both sides down to ten men, extra-time was looming . Then, in the last-minute, Frank de Boer exquisitely flew in a 70-yard cross field pass to Dennis Bergkamp.
The Dutch striker lets the ball gently touch his right toe, nutmegs the incoming defender and slams the ball past the mesmerised goalkeeper into the top corner of the net.
Amazingly, Bergkamp had scored a similar goal just a few months earlier for Arsenal against Leicester City.
However, on this occasion, it was in the last-minute of a World Cup quarter-final. You don’t get much better than that. Enjoy!
