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Tuesday 6 October 2015

Top 10 substitutions in the history of football

Here we take a look at the some of the most inspiring substitutions that were made in the beautiful game. These substitutions are in no particular order .

10. Tim Krul vs Costa Rica FIFA World Cup quarterfinals
The Newcastle United goalkeeper came off the bench in the last minute of extra time and saved 2 penalties as the Dutch won 4-3 on penalties.

9.Nwankwo Kanu vs Chelsea , English Premier League
Kanu scored a 17 minute hat-trick for Arsenal against the Blues in the Stamford Bridge .

8.Kluivert vs AC Milan, 1995 Champions League Finals
Kluivert came off the bench s a substitute for Ajax to score a 85th minute winner as Ajax beat Milan 1-0 in Vienna.

7. Kevin Prince Boateng vs Leece, Serie A
Boateng scored a hat-trick in 14 minutes after coming off the bench against Leece as Milan won the game 4-3 thanks to Boateng's heroics.

6.Lars Ricken vs Juventus , 1997 Champions League final
The 20  year old substitute who was a local player of BVB received a through-pass from Andreas Muller only 16 seconds after coming off the bench and chipped the Juventus keeper with his first touch of the game to make it 3-1 for Borussia Dortmund.

5.Oliver Bierhoff vs Czech Republic , UEFA Euro 1996 Final
Bierhoff equalised for Germany in the 73rd minute and scored the golden goal in extra time as Germany won the game 2-1.

4.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Nottingham Forest , English Premier League
Solskjaer scored 4 goals in 12 minutes after coming on as a second half substitue.

3.Sherringham and Solskjaer vs Bayern Munchen, 1999 Champions League Finals
In what was one of the most memorable Champions league finals , United were trailing 1-0 to Bayern and substitue Sherrimgham managed to get the ball in the bottom corner after Bayern failed to clear the ball properly in extra time.

Less than 30 seconds after play resumed again , United won another corner and substitute Solskjaer poked the ball into the roof of Bayern's net and United won 2-1 with 2 injury time goals.

2.Mario Gotze vs Argentina ,2014 World Cup finals.
Super Mario came on for the legendary Klose and controlled Schurrle's cross with his chest and then volleyed it into the goal to win Germany their 4th World Cup title.

1.Robert Lewandowski vs Wolfsburg, Bundesliga
The Polish international was subbed on by Guardiola in the second half against Wolfsburg as Bayern were chasing the game and Lewandowski managed to score 5 goals in 9 minutes and Bayern won the game 5-1.

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