Almost 1.3 million votes were cast as fans chose Mehdi Taremi’s stunning bicycle kick for Porto against Chelsea in the quarter-finals as the goal of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League tournament.

UEFA technical observers selected their top ten goals of the season shortly after the final, with that list then being put to a fan vote on Monday, May 31. Taremi received over 750,000 votes.

The first three goals of the fan tournament

1. Mehdi Taremi, Chelsea 0-1 Porto
04/13/2021: quarter-finals second leg

2. Lionel Messi, Paris 1-1 Barcelona
03/10/2021: round of 16 second leg

3. Olivier Giroud, Atlético 0-1 Chelsea
02/23/2020: round of 16 first leg

The list of ten goals for UEFA technical observers

Mehdi Taremi, Chelsea 0-1 Porto
04/13/2021: quarter-finals second leg

Alassane Pléa, Shakhtar 0-6 Monchengladbach
03/11/2020: 3rd day

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea
04/27/2021: semi-finals first leg

Luka Modrić, Real Madrid 2-3 Shakhtar
21/10/2020: 1st day

Lionel messi, Paris 1-1 Barcelona
03/10/2021: round of 16 second leg

Olivier Giroud, Atlético 0-1 Chelsea
02/23/2020: round of 16 first leg

Neymar, Paris 5-1 Istanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir
09/12/2020: 6th day

Manoir Salomon, Real Madrid 2-3 Shakhtar
21/10/2020: 1st day

Angelino, Leipzig 2-0 Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir
20/10/2020: 1st day

Kylian Mbappé, Barcelona 1-4 Paris
02/16/2021: round of 16 first leg