Goal of the Week: Udinese's Antonio Di Natale wins it by just eight votes!

The Italian veteran pips the Brazilian revelation with a delightful effort as the maestro tops our latest poll

11 Feb 2012 15:30:00

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GOAL OF THE WEEK
1
 AANTONIO DI NATALE
 FIORENTINA VS
 UDINESE 33.14%
2
 NEYMAR
 SANTOS VS
 PALMEIRAS 33.07%
3
 SEBASTIAN GIOVINCO
 CHIEVO VS
 PARMA 18.96%
4
 MATIAS SUAREZ
 ANDERLECHT VS
 GENK 13.11%
5
 CHRISTIAN BENTEKE ANDERLECHT VS
 GENK 1.72%

In what was another closely fought contest, Udinese's Antonio Di Natale has edged our Goal of the Week poll by just eight votes!

Neymar, who marked his birthday with a delightful header, misses out in second place.


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