Famous FIFA World Cup Goals: Benjamin Pavard’s Perfect Strike

It’s not often that a defender scores a goal in a FIFA World Cup match, and it’s even rarer for such a strike to be voted the Goal of the Tournament. The 2018 FIFA World Cup belonged to France, which defeated Croatia 4–2 in the final, but the goal in question was scored much earlier, during a round of 16 match against Argentina. French defender Benjamin Pavard struck a perfect outside-of-the-foot diagonal half-volley from the...