ZURICH - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his astonishing overhead kick goal against England hours too late to be named best goal in 2012 in a FIFA contest.FIFA said Thursday that Ibrahimovic’s fourth goal in Sweden’s 4-2 victory came after voting opened at 1400 GMT Wednesday for its 10 approved candidates for the Puskas Award.“Given that a number of votes have already been cast for this year’s award, the select committee for the Puskas Award may not, at this stage, include an additional nominee,’’ FIFA said in a statement.FIFA said the goal can be considered by its selection panel of experts as a candidate for the 2013 Puskas Award.The 2012 award, named after Hungarian great Ferenc Puskas, will be announced Jan. 7 at the Ballon d’Or gala in Zurich.Lionel Messi, Neymar and Rademal Falcao are among the contenders being voted for by visitors to fifa.com.
