Is this free-kick in the top 5 of all time? I think so

[K.Dub]

^what he said

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

^yea...shit looked pretty basic to me.

Lol. You truly are ignorant.

Absoltely fantastic, top 5? Probably not but definetely in the top 10. He didnt even think it was going in you can tell by his reaction.

[Mac 10 †]

I mean in the UK they probably celebrated it

Don't lump me in with all of them ya drag-queen! 

[Mac 10 †]

We've had many discussions on here Antonio but I'm surprised that you can't realise how special a strike that is to be honest.

Each to their own I guess.

Like I said earlier, I dislike the boy but I respect his talent.

I pride myself on believeing I know a lot more than most football fans about specifics of the game and that goal to me is quite special when you break it down.

It make not look like much, it's not as easy-on-the-eye as Roberto Carlos' freekick in Le Tournoi but in my book it's a wonderful set-piece.

[gav09]

Fantastic free kick, 1 of the best of recent times but over the years there hav bin sum amazing players who hav took amazin free kicks so im not sure bout top 5!

[Turf Hitta]

I mean absolutely no disrespect to soccer fans, but I just don't get the appeal of it. To me its one of the most boring things to watch, moreso than even baseball or hockey.

[Antonio_]

We've had many discussions on here Antonio but I'm surprised that you can't realise how special a strike that is to be honest.

Each to their own I guess.

Like I said earlier, I dislike the boy but I respect his talent.

I pride myself on believeing I know a lot more than most football fans about specifics of the game and that goal to me is quite special when you break it down.

It make not look like much, it's not as easy-on-the-eye as Roberto Carlos' freekick in Le Tournoi but in my book it's a wonderful set-piece.

Man IT IS wonderful. Don't get me wrong. You just went too far by saying it's Top 5.

[JAZ]

its a great kick. but its never a top 5. or 10. or 15. i mean. its against portsmouth. its the 2-0. its in the 12th minute. and the angle isnt that hard.

[Mac 10 †]

its against portsmouth

The fact you used that as a reason to degrade this free-kick makes me never want to speak to you again.

[JAZ]

its against portsmouth

The fact you used that as a reason to degrade this free-kick makes me never want to speak to you again.

lol. i mean. if it were against arsenal. in overtime. and its a winning goal. then it would be top 10. now its just a great kick, against a team ranked 9th. not a rival. nothing wrong with portsmouth.

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

^^^

I know what your getting at, like many people say Rivaldo's overhead kick against Valencia is the greatest goal ever,
just because of the circumstances around it. In any other game its a fantastic goal, but because it was in the last minute, because it was his hat trick, because it got Barcelona into the champions league and pretty much saving them huge huge financial losses, it is legendary.

But i think goals like that should be put into different categories than just flat out great goals, even though in the long run this goal might be "meaningless" that doesnt take away from the quality of the goal. How many times do you see a free kick like that hit against the wall? Or sent flying over the bar? 9 and a half times out of 10. Like Mac said to get it up and back down, straight into the top corner where the goal keeper has no chance of reaching it, is truly world class.

[Sweet & Tender Hooligan]

Oh and does the co-commentator (Paul Walsh i think?) say "I've made a cunt of myself" on 13 seconds? lol

[DreSnoop00]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/crSkWaJqx-Y&amp;rel=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/crSkWaJqx-Y&amp;rel=1</a>

[da_notorious_mack]

technically imo its better than the maradona one u posted


and im a liverpool fan...i die a little bit inside everytime i have to admit his quality


and whoever said its against pompey.....you watch pompey next year in europe


best away form in the country last i checked..though maybe its outside the top4./.i forget

[Antonio_]

^^^

I know what your getting at, like many people say Rivaldo's overhead kick against Valencia is the greatest goal ever,
just because of the circumstances around it. In any other game its a fantastic goal, but because it was in the last minute, because it was his hat trick, because it got Barcelona into the champions league and pretty much saving them huge huge financial losses, it is legendary.

But i think goals like that should be put into different categories than just flat out great goals, even though in the long run this goal might be "meaningless" that doesnt take away from the quality of the goal. How many times do you see a free kick like that hit against the wall? Or sent flying over the bar? 9 and a half times out of 10. Like Mac said to get it up and back down, straight into the top corner where the goal keeper has no chance of reaching it, is truly world class.

It's like he said. CRonaldo is playing awesome, and this free kick is probably the best goal of his season, a season where he's playing like nobody.

But a good free kick taker can make a goal like this one, if he gets a chance. I'm a Juventus fan. Look at this goal done by Del Piero last season against Inter.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/5FQvJCrTL-0" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/5FQvJCrTL-0</a>

It's basically the same. From the right side to the right corner, with the right foot. Just a little bit less spectacular, maybe. Cause it was a friendly. It's just an example. Man i've seen Platini, Zidane, Baggio, Del Piero... all those players playing for Juventus. I've seen - trust me - a lot of great free kicks in my life.

This one is another goal done from the right side to the right corner with the right foot. THIS SEASON, SAME PLAYER.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/hEkrWAuMob8" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/hEkrWAuMob8</a>