The Most Beautiful Goals of the 2026 World Cup Group Stage Are Waiting for Your Vote
Alajbegovic, Isidor, the French 'mosquito'… The 2026 World Cup group stage delivered some stunning goals. Check out the candidates and vote for the best.
The 2026 World Cup group stage is over. The qualifiers are set, the surprises have been digested — but there's one thing nobody forgets: the goals. And what goals they were.
Kerim Alajbegovic opened the show with one of the tournament's most beautiful moments. The Bosnia forward received the ball between the lines, dribbled past a defender, held off another challenge, and still managed to fire a precise strike into the top corner. No chance for the goalkeeper. Bosnia ahead of Qatar with a goal that looked like it came straight out of a video game.
On the other side of the map, Wilson Isidor sent Haiti into ecstasy at Atlanta Stadium. The forward capped a high-quality team move with a shot from outside the box that gave Bono absolutely no chance. Morocco conceded, the Haitian fans went wild — and the goal went straight into the conversation about the best of the World Cup.
And there's more. The French winger nicknamed 'the mosquito' also showed up in a big way against Norway: he received the ball on the right flank, cut inside with that trademark change of pace, left his marker on the ground, and finished with surgical precision, according to Marca.
These — and others — are in the running for the best goal of the group stage. Golmetria's model points to Argentina and France as the two sides with the greatest chance of lifting the trophy: Argentina at 20.9% and France at 10.6%. In other words, the stars shining brightest on the pitch right now have every chance of lighting up the knockout rounds as well.
But before thinking about the round of 16, there's one question that can't wait: which of these stunners deserves the best-goal trophy so far? The vote is yours.