Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez has likened Maynor Figueroa to Zinedine Zidane!

Figueroa's wonder-goal from inside his own half against Stoke City has been the talk of football since the ball hit the back of the net at the Britannia Stadium.

"We all know Maynor is capable, and he has a fantastic technique," Martinez told the Wigan Observer.

"But to have the genius moment of making the decision of trying to score from that far out ... you don't see that too often. In fact, I have only ever seen a couple of goals like that in my life.

"One happened in a game between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, when another left-back scored from halfway - although that was a few yards closer, and the technique wasn't as good.

"Technique-wise, the goal by Zinedine Zidane for Real Madrid against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 European Cup final at Hampden Park was the only one to compare with Maynor's goal.

"It was exactly the same in the sense that he had no right to even think about scoring from there. You just think 'How do you do that?'

"And Maynor's goal was a special, special moment as well."