Earlier in the tournament, Eldor Shmurodov’s brilliant strike was voted the best goal of the group stage for Uzbekistan. Sidney Lopes Cabral’s spectacular late goal for Cape Verde against Argentina won the Round of 32 award, while Erling Haaland’s powerful 90th-minute thunderbolt against Brazil was named Best Goal of the Round of 16.
Alvarez’s stunning winner against Switzerland now completes the tournament winners’ Hyundai goalscorer list through the quarter-finals and semi-finals, with the best strike of the final still to be decided.