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Pele, Cruyff, Maldini and Maradona out of Legends World Cup

The semifinalists for Goal's reader-voted competition have been decided, with Cristiano Ronaldo winning his last-eight tie in the most nail-biting way possible.

Goal's inaugural Legends World Cup has seen four star contenders eliminated at the quarterfinal stage, as 118,977 votes were cast over the 24-hour period.

The biggest shock was perhaps Real Madrid and Hungary legend Ferenc Puskas completely surpassing Diego Maradona at the races. His compatriots came together - over 12,000 of them - to give him an 8,464-vote cushion over the World Cup 1986 winner.

Puskas, who only made it out of the last 16 by the absurdly slender margin of six votes against Marco van Basten, has been rewarded with a clash against another Madrid legend: Zinedine Zidane.