Comments on: Friday afternoon question: Who’s the best free kick taker?

By: Kevin F

Kevin F — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:46:48 +0000

Just watched the highlights of OL’s game against Fiorentina … if that first half free kick from Juninho had dipped another inch it would have been the definitive answer, no?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:51:10 +0000

Dear All,

seriously, it’s a nice topic but the answer is so obvious. Just watched videos, check statistics and the answers as clear as crystal. Juninho outranks everyone in the list by far. Just look at youtube, dailymotion, whatever video stream u have but just watch how incredibly accurate, powerfull and regular Juninho is. I jsut watched Fiorentina Lyon…2 master piece again.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:59:53 +0000

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By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:23:36 +0000

Nakamura from Celtic has to be on the list.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:04:40 +0000

Love Del Piero and his current form, and have written about him in the past, see - http://www.serieatalk.com/who-is-the-ita lian-ironman/106

however, the master of deadball skills is still Brasilian and Lyon midfielder Juninho Pernambucano even Andrea Pirlo understands this reality, “I started watching how Juninho kicked and tried to learn” said Pirlo.

http://www.serieatalk.com/juninho-puts-o n-free-kick-scoring-clinic-lyon-3-2-nice /352

By: RITESH

RITESH — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:10:12 +0000

i nearly forgot something

Best league by decline in quality (Sadly): Italian and French

But i think overall, spanish premeira liga is still the best, beating the English Premier League by a small margin (however much hardcore English commentators might disagree!)

By: RITESH

RITESH — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:09:45 +0000

Ronaldinho…is THE BEST…
del piero: second best
juninho: third best
i agree that Carlos was overrated.. so was Figo… and even to an extend Ch Ronaldo is overrated when it comes to freekicks

By: theo

theo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:09:08 +0000

yeah that’s right
van Hooijdonk was a great freekick taker!(uefa cup final fk goal was awwwwwsome!!) I forgot to mention him. Pirlo is good too but can’t do the variations of power of DP or juninho. I think Zidane was very underrated (he always was second in line behind DelP or Beckham or ROberto Carlos. Real Betis player Marcos Assuncao is so darn accurate too, almost always forces a save or hits the post or baack of the net,
Favourite Del Piero fk: vs. Monaco in the champions league 98
Favourite Juninho fk: vs. Bayern in the champions league,

really cool discussion topic this is…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:56:31 +0000

I’ll take, in order, Juninho, Ronaldo, Del Piero.
http://startingeleven.blogspot.com/2008/ 11/starting-eleven-football-blog-roundup _10.html

By: Zambrotta

Zambrotta — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:55:14 +0000

messed by goals, Juninho is the best free-kick-taker - he scores against every team in champions league or Ligue 1. but in variations, i think same like many others here, del piero is better - maybe he isn’t so successfull in goals because often Nedved shoots free-kicks for Juvents.
Thinking at the last 8-9 years - there also was Pierre van Hooijdonk, Feyenoord Rotterdam, who scores fantastic goals against every team, maybe uefa-cup final against Borussia Dortmund.
Roberto Carlos and Becks free-kicks are highlights, but they aren’t so successfull like others.