Comments on: Ronaldinho’s Forgetting Teammates Already

By: A.

A. — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:02:23 +0000

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.

By: Weston

Weston — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:18:18 +0000

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.

By: Weston

Weston — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:15:28 +0000

thank you chris! amen

By: swapnil

swapnil — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:16:44 +0000

what a superb video!!!!

By: Ranjeet

Ranjeet — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:04:57 +0000

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

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:54:13 +0000

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

By: ish

ish — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:49:49 +0000

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.

By: Tommy Wong

Tommy Wong — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:49:43 +0000

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

By: Tommy Wong

Tommy Wong — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:49:14 +0000

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.

By: Chubby

Chubby — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:40:49 +0000

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.