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Football quiz: in which minute were these iconic goals scored?

<span>(Clockwise from top left) Marco van Basten, Paul Gascoigne, Geoff Hurst, Sergio Agüero and David Beckham.</span><span>Composite: Getty, Reuters, Shutterstock</span>
(Clockwise from top left) Marco van Basten, Paul Gascoigne, Geoff Hurst, Sergio Agüero and David Beckham.Composite: Getty, Reuters, Shutterstock
  1. When did David Beckham score this goal?

    1. 40th minute

    2. 60th minute

    3. 70th minute

    4. 90th minute

  2. When did Geoff Hurst score this goal?

    1. 89th minute

    2. 90th minute

    3. 118th minute

    4. 121st minute

  3. When did Paul Gascoigne score this goal?

    1. 23rd minute

    2. 41st minute

    3. 79th minute

    4. 84th minute

  4. When did Carlos Alberto score this goal?

    1. 61st minute

    2. 75th minute

    3. 86th minute

    4. 110th minute

  5. When did Sergio Agüero score this goal?

    1. 89th minute

    2. 91st minute

    3. 94th minute

    4. 96th minute

  6. When did Zinedine Zidane score this goal?

    1. 1st minute

    2. 7th minute

    3. 23rd minute

    4. 55th minute

  7. When did Zlatan Ibrahimovic score this goal?

    1. 64th minute

    2. 73rd minute

    3. 82nd minute

    4. 91st minute

  8. When did Diego Maradona score this goal?

    1. 42nd minute

    2. 55th minute

    3. 65th minute

    4. 85th minute

  9. When did Ole Gunnar Solskjær score this goal?

    1. 89th minute

    2. 91st minute

    3. 93rd minute

    4. 95th minute

  10. When did Marco van Basten score this goal?

    1. 54th minute

    2. 65th minute

    3. 76th minute

    4. 87th minute

  11. When did Dennis Bergkamp score this goal?

    1. 90th minute

    2. 100th minute

    3. 110th minute

    4. 120th minute

  12. When did Gareth Bale score this goal?

    1. 85th minute

    2. 95th minute

    3. 105th minute

    4. 115th minute

  13. When did David Beckham score this goal?

    1. 81st minute

    2. 84th minute

    3. 93rd minute

    4. 96th minute

  14. When did Robin van Persie score this goal?

    1. 1st minute

    2. 25th minute

    3. 44th minute

    4. 66th minute

  15. When did Wayne Rooney score this goal?

    1. 69th minute

    2. 78th minute

    3. 84th minute

    4. 91st minute

Solutions

1:D - Eric Cantona and Denis Irwin scored the other two goals as United beat Wimbledon 3-0 on the opening day of the 1996-97 season., 2:D - Hurst's late goal in 1966 made him the only footballer to hit a hat-trick in a World Cup final – until Kylian Mbappé scored three goals in the 2022 final., 3:C - Alan Shearer gave England the lead against Scotland before Gascoigne finished them off at Euro 96., 4:C - Seven Brazil players passed the ball around before Carlos Alberto hammered it into the Italy net, wrapping up a 4-1 win in the World Cup final in 1970., 5:C - There were 93 minutes and 20 seconds on the clock when Agüero fired in his title-winning goal against Queens Park Rangers in 2012., 6:B - Zinedine Zidane floated a Panenka into the net to give France the lead before Marco Materazzi equalised for Italy. And you may have heard the pair of them clashed later in the game too. , 7:D - Ibrahimovic scored all four goals as Sweden beat England 4-2 in 2012. Steven Gerrard won his 100th cap that night and six England players made their debuts – Steven Caulker, Leon Osman, Raheem Sterling, Ryan Shawcross, Carl Jenkinson and Wilfried Zaha – but the big man stole the show. , 8:B - Maradona punched his first goal into the net in the 51st minute and poked his second in on the 55th minute as Argentina beat England on their way to winning the World Cup in 1986., 9:C - Teddy Sheringham equalised for United in the 91st minute and Solskjær won it in the 93rd. , 10:A - Van Basten fired this volley into the net to give the Netherlands a 2-0 lead against the Soviet Union in the Euro 88 final., 11:A - Bergkamp's three divine touches took the Netherlands into the World Cup semi-final in 1998., 12:A - Bale picked up the ball in his own half, sprinted past a few Barcelona defenders – even while taking the wide lane – and scored to give Real Madrid a 2-1 victory in the Copa del Rey final in 2014. , 13:C - It was the third minute of stoppage time at Old Trafford and England were trailing Greece 2-1. Up stepped David Beckham to score the goal that took them to the World Cup in 2002. , 14:C - Spain were leading 1-0 when the ball was floated forward to Van Persie. He headed it over Iker Casillas and the Netherlands went on to win the game 5-1. , 15:B - "I just thought, why not," said Wayne Rooney of his overhead kick goal that won the derby for Manchester United in 2011.

Scores

  1. 5 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  2. 1 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  3. 2 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  4. 3 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  5. 4 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  6. 6 and above.

    A fine score

  7. 7 and above.

    A fine score

  8. 8 and above.

    A fine score

  9. 9 and above.

    A superb score

  10. 10 and above.

    A superb score

  11. 11 and above.

    A superb score

  12. 12 and above.

    A sensational score

  13. 13 and above.

    A sensational score

  14. 14 and above.

    A sensational score

  15. 0 and above.

    Ah, well. You tried

  16. 15 and above.

    A sensational score