VICE Sports' Goals of the Week

"Goals win games", as the old commentators' cliche goes. Not only is that a meaningless truism, it's also a shameful underestimation of a goal's true significance. Goals do indeed win games, yet they also thrill us beyond all imagining. They have the power to leave us elated, ecstatic, semi-hysterical even. Our hopes and dreams follow the trajectory of a well struck football.

Likewise, they have the power to deal a crushing blow to our aspirations – to send us tumbling to the floor, faces downcast, hands raised toward the heavens in supplication of the merciless gods.

In celebration of all that, we've picked out the three best goals of the week. We can almost guarantee (in a legally non-binding sense) that you haven't seen them before – and that they're all absolute belters. Behold!

WATCH: Plymouth loanee scores a WONDER goal to complete an injury time turnaround for Bath City (2-1). — Fresh Championship (@EN_Championship)March 29, 2016

Sometimes, a goal is perfectly epitomised by the resulting celebrations. This is one of those times.

Playing for Bath City in their vicious (read: really quite cordial) Somerset derby with Weston-super-Mare, with the scores tied in the final minute of the game, Tyler Harvey produced a moment of quality rarely seen in the National League South – or any league, for that matter. Looking up and catching the opposition keeper off his line, he lobbed the ball into the back of the net from a full 50 yards.

Twerton Park went off the hook. Welcome to Somerset, motherfucker.

Paik Seung Ho Goal [ Juvenil A vs Damm ] pic.twitter.com/Wmz0LOma5h
— kyeng (@shenun222) March 28, 2016

We don't know if you're aware of this, but Barcelona have a decent reserve team. There's this academy called La Masia, see, and it produces lots of young footballers who are encouraged to hone their technical skills in competition with Barca B – as opposed to just repeatedly two footing each other in the name of toughening themselves up.

If that offers a brief summary of why coaching in Britain is inferior to that in Catalonia, this clip represents the fruit of La Masia's labours. At 19 years of age, South Korean midfielder Paik Seung-ho is capable of executing an unstoppable, ballooning free kick from 20 yards. While we acknowledge he probably can't pull it off on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke, recent transfer movements suggest he will be doing so in roughly five years' time.

Good morning. While you were sleeping, Mexico's — Sportingbet SA (@SportingbetSA)March 30, 2016

This is the undisputed goal of the week – end of discussion.

Late on in the first half of Mexico's latest World Cup Qualifier against Canada, Jesús Manuel Corona tried to control a deflected cross in the box. The ball initially seemed to get away from him but, with a burst of pace, he stole it off a defender's toe before pirouetting and rolling a shot into the bottom corner – all in one glorious movement.

Combining skill, accuracy and sheer audacity, it was a truly beautiful finish. Unfortunately, we didn't see it live – because we were sleeping.