Jean-Luc Dompé from Hamburger SV is Goalscorer of the Month March 2023. More than 50,000 football fans voted for his remarkable free kick against Nuremberg.
It’s been over a year since a free-kick was awarded the golden Goal of the Month medal. It was Meppen’s David Blacha in October 2021 with his great sly goal from a distance. It was the 45th goal of the month in the free kick category in the more than 50-year TdM history. And what incredible goals wasn’t there: The very first goal of the month was a free kick. Gerhard Faltermeier scored it in March 1971. Or Rainer Bonhof’s incredible hammer in the 1978 international match against Czechoslovakia. Or Sören Lerby’s bullet, which not even the camera of the sports show could follow in August 1984.
With his goal, Dompé is now the 46th player in this category. The ball rests a good 22 meters in front of the left corner of the Nuremberg penalty area. The clubbers’ wall is up, but it’s no obstacle for the Frenchman’s wonderfully soulful shot. The ball flies over the heads of the Nuremberg defenders and, after an ideal trajectory, sinks softly into the left corner of the goal.
Dompé’s goal is the 30th goal of the month for a player in a Schalke jersey