Top 10 Freestyle Tricks of 2007/8

By: Daryl | June 2nd, 2008
   

This video does exactly what it says on the tin.

#10 Nathan Dyer (Southampton)
#9 Ricardo Quaresma (Porto)
#8 Frank Songo’o (Sheffield Wednesday)
#7 Ricardo Quaresma (Porto, again)
#6 Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
#5 Nani (Man Utd, controversial)
#4 Zdeněk Šenkeřík (Slavia Prague)
#3 Niko Kranjčar (Portsmouth)
#2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd)
#1 Adel Taarabt (Spurs)


Some great little moments in there, and I like the replays. Some of those skills are so slick that’s it difficult to tell exactly what happened.

I’d take issue with Nani’s inclusion at #5, not so much because he was taunting (or not, depending on who you support I suppose) but mostly because skills don’t count if you’re going the wrong way.

My top three looks like this:

1) Niko Kranjčar – lot of players around him, and none of them get the ball
2) Zdeněk Šenkeřík – still can’t tell what happened, but the defender looks very much beaten
3) Robin van Persie – balls aren’t supposed to stick to your foot that tightly

[spotted on 101 Great Goals]


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  • Shj Gooner
    Whaaaaaaaa...YouTube's not working!Anyone here's got an alternate link?
  • someone needs to include copa libertadores matches in this. check out Dario Conca of fluminese at 2:58 of this
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • Michael
    Pretty slick stuff from Quaresma
  • Scottay
    That dude for Slavia Prague woulda gotten my top spot. I've never seen something like that before. Makes the elastico look like child's play.
  • Sam,

    The #1 to #10 isn't my list, it's just the order that it goes in the video. 100% agree that Taarabt shouldn't be #1.

    Van Persie's is nice, no doubt, but I like Kranjcar's a lot more, because he takes on so many people and comes out with the ball.
  • Sam
    Daryl, mate! Got yr numbering wrong. Taarabt is clearly off-balance & improvising. #1? It's van Persie, because he nets it.

    (Ronaldo who?)
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