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jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


that, was a goal

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CyberPingu
Sep 15, 2013


If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

Phwoar

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Calling it the best free kick of all time is a bit much.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I'm surprised more free kick takers don't do Juninho's style of having it bounce right before the keeper on longer range ones. Look at the flight of the ball on the second in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu79Lpabhkk&t=17s

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

Keeper's got short arms.

Weaponized Cum
Aug 31, 2004


This post brought to you by the finest Miami cocaine money can buy ----->
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtdzXmJh6Ct/

serious gaylord
Sep 16, 2007

what.
https://twitter.com/MundialMag/status/1094974705558274048

:eyepop:

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

The second to last pass, the one to the advancing winger, is :discourse:

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me

as a connoisseur of getting the poo poo kicked out of me in pickup games, I’m guessing Guatemala?

Ewar Woowar
Feb 25, 2007


This is lovely.

That keeper has some stones

jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


loving love a good team goal, me

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006


I think deep down we all knew Jenkinson would be the last man standing

Ziggy Tzardust fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Feb 11, 2019

Healbot
Jul 7, 2006

very very very fucjable
very vywr very


Gigi Galli posted:

The second to last pass, the one to the advancing winger, is :discourse:

That made me put on a random chef hat and do that chef kiss irl, it was pretty darn good.

Strawman
Feb 9, 2008

Tortuga means turtle, and that's me. I take my time but I always win.


Jose posted:

I'm surprised more free kick takers don't do Juninho's style of having it bounce right before the keeper on longer range ones. Look at the flight of the ball on the second in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu79Lpabhkk&t=17s

Yeah, why don't more players just smash it low through a crowd from 40 yards so it bounces a foot in front of the keeper and goes in :confused:

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I'm not saying they all need to be that good. Just that he is clearly the best free kick ever so much so Pirlo said in his autobiography he copied how he did it. I don't think I ever see anyone try a lot of the kinds of free kicks he does in this video

shut up blegum
Dec 17, 2008


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Strawman posted:

Yeah, why don't more players just smash it low through a crowd from 40 yards so it bounces a foot in front of the keeper and goes in :confused:

*putting down newspaper, adjusting glasses* why don't they just aim for the part of the goal the keeper can't reach?

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Who's the best free kick taker nowadays anyway? I honestly can't think of one in Serie A that I would even put on the same level as Pirlo, Mihajlovic, Juninho, Beckham, etc. Pjanic maybe?

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

Jose posted:

I'm not saying they all need to be that good. Just that he is clearly the best free kick ever so much so Pirlo said in his autobiography he copied how he did it. I don't think I ever see anyone try a lot of the kinds of free kicks he does in this video

Because 9 times out of 10 you look like a total nobber who's just passed the ball back to the keeper? I'm not saying that it's more or less successful than traditional top corner free kicks, just that you look a lot less stupid when it fails. See also: fancy penalties, goalkeepers attempting to play the ball.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Gigi Galli posted:

Who's the best free kick taker nowadays anyway? I honestly can't think of one in Serie A that I would even put on the same level as Pirlo, Mihajlovic, Juninho, Beckham, etc. Pjanic maybe?

Messi if its about how many someone scores

has a top class keeper ever been this humiliated on a free kick though?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBKmUzOWvs

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Jose posted:

Messi if its about how many someone scores

Ah yeah I forgot he's also insanely good at this. Somehow it's annoying that it's him.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals
Fun Shoe

Gigi Galli posted:

Who's the best free kick taker nowadays anyway? I honestly can't think of one in Serie A that I would even put on the same level as Pirlo, Mihajlovic, Juninho, Beckham, etc. Pjanic maybe?

Pjanic and Dybala are both really good. Pjanic is probably the best in Italy imo.

So naturally Ronaldo takes most of the free kicks now for Juve.

bessantj
Jul 27, 2004


To celebrate Ramsey making crazy money here is a goal of his

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRHeXQyCPiI

shut up blegum
Dec 17, 2008


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Gigi Galli posted:

Who's the best free kick taker nowadays anyway? I honestly can't think of one in Serie A that I would even put on the same level as Pirlo, Mihajlovic, Juninho, Beckham, etc. Pjanic maybe?

Semi related, but last night as I watched my team blast another corner at knee hight into the first defender, I was wondering which player takes the best corner kicks. And if there actually is one that is crazy consistent about them. Because it seems like that's something that you could easily practice yet pro players gently caress it up all the time.

XBenedict
May 23, 2006

YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.


Mother of god.

Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009

Jose posted:

Messi if its about how many someone scores

has a top class keeper ever been this humiliated on a free kick though?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBKmUzOWvs

Depends how you rate Valdes but the first Juninho one against Barca from your previous video was hilarious.

https://vimeo.com/35062654

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

Bobby Digital posted:

Depends how you rate Valdes but the first Juninho one against Barca from your previous video was hilarious.

https://vimeo.com/35062654

I could have played goalie for Barcelona in the mid-2000s with the players Valdes had in front of him. He's trash.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Matt Grimes puts a free kick right into the top corner practically every game but they all get saved because idk there's no "movement on the ball" or something.

Like penalties it's as much about deceiving the keeper as putting it in the right place if you want to score regularly.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

sassassin posted:

Matt Grimes puts a free kick right into the top corner practically every game but they all get saved because idk there's no "movement on the ball" or something.

Like penalties it's as much about deceiving the keeper as putting it in the right place if you want to score regularly.

This is absolutely true, you can watch training videos of the worst cloggers on your team putting free kicks over the metal training dummies and in to the corner but every keeper knows that's all they can do.

You know who I forgot about that could put it anywhere was Nakamura. Made Celtic worth watching. Reggina's insane owners wasted an absurd talent with that one.

Vinestalk
Jul 2, 2011
After a certain point, all the curve in the world doesn't matter if it doesn't have pace. It's easier to generate curve over a wall than pace, and that's why the majority of free kicks get blasted over the bar.

Anecdotally, mid-air movement for me was really only important if it was a folha seca/knuckleball. Keepers can read where a curved ball is heading based on where it's coming over the wall and if it's an in swinging kicker or out swinging kicker.

I shamelessly copied Juninho as much as possible. The guy was the greatest free kick taker of his generation, maybe even the best ever.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
https://www.skysports.com/efl/championship/video/11621845/swansea-3-3-birmingham

A minute in. Every week he hits one of these. Still hasn't scored this season.

Bape Culture
Sep 13, 2006

Juninhos free kicks wobbled and dipped all over the place they were absolutely clsss

CyberPingu
Sep 15, 2013


If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.
Roberto Carlos' free kick is possibly the best ever.


Ronaldo might be the best this generation. His one against Fulham was disgustingly good.

kcer
May 28, 2004

Today is good weather
for an airstrike.
Ronaldo's against Portsmouth is one of my fav freekicks ever

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
The Arsenal one was the best

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice
dmitri payets against palace was easily the best free kick of the last 10 years.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/FootballInT80s/status/1095260170089828352

ElGroucho
Nov 1, 2005

We already - What about sticking our middle fingers up... That was insane
Fun Shoe

bessantj posted:

To celebrate Ramsey making crazy money here is a goal of his

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRHeXQyCPiI

Goddamn, looks like a rising fastball

oliwan
Jul 20, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo

Vinestalk posted:

folha seca/knuckleball

America was a mistake

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ArfJason
Sep 5, 2011
pele e o rei de futebol

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Blue Star Error
Jun 11, 2001

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All of Norwich's goals look like this

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