Juninho Pernambucano Bends Home Number 36

By: Daryl | January 13th, 2008

One was in France, the other in Greece, but slightly long-in-the-tooth Brazilian midfielders Juninho Pernambucano and Rivaldo both bent home memorable free kicks yesterday. Juninho’s (above) came in Lyon’s 3-2 win over Toulouse and is apparently the 36th time the 32 year old has stepped up and sent a dead ball past a wall and a keeper in Ligue 1. Rivaldo is now 35 and probably can’t remember how many time he’s done it, but the former Barcelona man fired home a fantastic free kick (below) for AEK Athens in their 5-1 win over Veria.

Category: French Ligue 1

Tags: Athens, france, free kick, French Ligue 1, Greece, Juninho Pernambucano, Lyon, Rivaldo

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• Inara |  January 13th, 2008 at 10:33 am

  
  
  

  For Juninho, it’s gotten to the point that some goalkeepers prefer not to have a wall so they can see the ball better.

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• frank |  January 14th, 2008 at 3:27 am

  
  
  

  juninho scored 36 freekicks since 2001 at lyon!!!

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• bob |  March 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 am

  
  
  

  how does he do that? his feet must twitch abnormally fast to get topspin

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