Ronaldinho’s Forgetting Teammates Already

Pirlo's free kicking taking was not good last season. Ronaldinho's is erratic too. Beckham *was* the best of the lot when it's in a narrow zone around 25 yards out.

IMO, none of them can quite Juninho or Riquelme in still ball striking, even at their peaks.

And they might aswell kiss Mihajlovic's boot laces if they want to be truely graced.

also ADP has been making upper 90's on free kicks like theyre free. in the Champs league against . . . .whoever they played before the last cl game and beat 1-0, and most recently against roma! nobody ever notices these but when christy ron-ron scores one they all get high over it.

thank you chris! amen

what a superb video!!!!

Pirlo is class. he has had an indifferent year. I still want him to take Milan's freekicks.

Juninho is the best freekick taker I've ever had the luck to watch. 33 and still has it going.

i have to agree, pirlo is excellent with vision. His free kicks are good but i guess the big problem is the way he kicks him. Beckham also is a pretty decent RM. Now beckham and pirlo both kick from the same distance, but pirlo doesnt bend the ball the way that beckham does, pirlo is able to make it bend away from him which confuses the keeper. Ronnie is amazing up close because he can make it dip very fast which messes with the keeper. If only they had a player who could make it go straight and dip last second like drogba/c.ron free's.

-----pirlo--flamini----
beckham---seedorf----ronnie
--------kaka------------
-----------pato-----------

not a bad attack but look at the combined age of that midfield, if flamini wasnt their it would be 30's.

What I'm getting at is Beck's has lost his touch, and Pirlo is better overall anyway

Are you guys kidding me? Have you watched any MLS this year? Beckham's freekicks look effing TERRRRRIBBLE. Every single one goes into the wall. Also Chubby, Andrea Pirlo is not overhyped, the way he plays just makes you take him for granted. His delivery for indirect free-kicks and corners is also very very good. Also he has a decent shot from outside the box (although he looks to pass it because that's his job). Pirlo is the magic man.

May be I was watching different games... Yes, Pirlo has ability to score from free kicks, but Juninho does it consistently, while Pirlo is not. Even Ronaldinho does it better. Now for Becks. He can send a dead ball better then anyone in the world, aforementioned players included. Pirlo is good, but little overhyped. His vision and long pass are his main assets. Free kicks? Math lesson abound.

says the italian biased roma blogger who hates anything english.

pirlo has been shit this season and most of last...don't act like he's played like any sort of superstar within the last 12 months.

If you squint in the right way this looks like more evidence that Pirlo's injury trouble is worse than they're letting on.

Yeah, I think I said something about this a couple weeks ago, Pirlo is probably only second to Juninho in the free-kick department, and thats debateble. Mind you - you wouldn't want to be the keeper who has Beckham, The Dhino and Pirlo stood over the ball for a FK, because they all have different styles.