World Cup wonder goals: Maxi’s missile
We count down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showing a wonder goal each day. Here you can watch Maxi Rodriguez’s volley for Argentina against Mexico in 2006.
We’re counting down to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ by showcasing a golazo from the global finals each day.
Argentina v Mexico Germany 2006 | Last 16 Zentralstadion, Leipzig “You only ever used your left foot to get into your car!” Oswaldo Sanchez told Maxi Rodriguez when they next met. In the city home to the BMW and Porsche automobile manufacturing plants, the Argentina winger had driven a left-foot volley past the Mexico goalkeeper with supersonic speed. “When I saw it coming towards me, I was going to chest it on to my right foot, my stronger foot,” explained Rodriguez. “But I could see there was a defender on that side, so I brought it down on to my left. “I knew I’d caught it perfectly as soon as I’d hit it. I watched it all the way and, when it beat the keeper and flew in, I just went crazy. I’d never scored a goal like that with my left. Goals like that just come out of the blue.” Rodriguez’s extra-time stunner parked Argentina in the quarter-finals.