Claudio Pizarro’s goal against 1899 Hoffenheim has been voted ‚Goal of the Month‘ for September.
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Claudio Pizarro wins ‘Goal of the Month’ award

Werder striker Claudio Pizarro’s goal to make it 2-1 for the Green-Whites in their Bundesliga clash with 1899 Hoffenheim (final score 5-4), on September 27th 2008, has won the ‘Goal of the Month’ award for September.

The Peruvian front-man’s back heeled flick, following some excellent work by Markus Rosenberg, took a total of 26,1% of the votes from the viewers of ‘ARD Sportschau’ in the poll for the months best strike. Borussia Dormund’s Alexander Frei took second place with 22,05% of the votes cast. Mesut Özil also won a nomination for his stunning striker to make it 3-0 against Bayern Munich at the Allianz-Arena (final score 5-2) and took third place, picking up 21,13% of the votes.


The placements at a glance:

1. Claudio Pizarro, Werder Bremen, 27.09.2008 in the game against 1899 Hoffenheim (26,1%)

2. Alexander Frei, Borussia Dortmund, 13.09.08 in the game against Schalke 04 (22,05%)

3. Mesut Özil, Werder Bremen, 20.09.2008 in the game against Bayern München (21,13%)

4. Miroslav Klose, Bayern Munich, 24.09.08 in the DFB Cup game against 1. FC Nürnberg (19,78%)

5. Stefan Kießling, Bayer Leverkusen, 23.09. 08 in the DFB Cup game against FC Augsburg (10,94%)