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  • Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Forgot How to Score Free Kicks

    Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Forgot How to Score Free Kicks

    Think Cristiano Ronaldo is a free kick expert? Well, he has scored his fair share of goals from set pieces for Real Madrid, but it’s been almost a year since he last found the net with nothing but a wall and a goalkeeper standing in his way.

  • The “Confused Players” Free Kick Continues to Evolve

    The “Confused Players” Free Kick Continues to Evolve

    In what is clearly becoming a trend, an Argentine futsal club has decided to adopt the idea brought to the world by players from RW Essen, which has have your players argue or seem confused in the moment leading up to the free kick, creating an excellent misdirection and score a goal.

  • Jens Hegeler With the Best Goal of the Night in the Champions League

    Jens Hegeler With the Best Goal of the Night in the Champions League

    Not just the best goal of the night in terms of aesthetics in the Champions League, but an injury time winner to boot, as Jans Hegeler scores a wonderful and surprising free kick to give Bayer Leverkusen a dramatic 2-1 win over Real Sociedad.

  • Valencia vs Swanea – Jonathan de Guzman Scores the Best Free Kick of the Season

    Valencia vs Swanea – Jonathan de Guzman Scores the Best Free Kick of the Season

    A debut in a European competition shouldn’t go this smoothly, but Swansea have taken huge strides forwards in recent years, so a 3-0 in the Mestalla against Valencia is just another step in their journey, capped off by a beautiful free kick scored by Jonathan de Guzman, which just might be the best set piece goal we’ll see this season.

  • Xavi Free Kick Wins it for Barcelona in Granada

    Barcelona earned a tough 1-0 win over Grananda thanks to Xavi’s fantastic free kick goal, his fourth of the season and more importantly, putting Barcelona, at least temporarily, on top of the La Liga table, waiting for Real Madrid and Levante to stumble.

  • Steven Gerrard Return Not Enough (Liverpool vs Manchester United)

    Steven Gerrard made his first start for Liverpool since March 2011, a 3-1 win over United at Anfield. Steven Gerrard scored his first goal of the season with a 68th minute free kick against a weak, confused and disappointing Manchester United, but it was only enough for a 1-1 draw after Chicharito snatched a late equalizer.

  • Dare Vrsic With Best Free Kick Ever?

    Unlikely heroes are always the best, and Slovenian Dare Vrsic just might be Estonia’s hero when it’s all said and done, scoring an out of this world free kick against Serbia, helping Estonia reach the playoffs with his incredible goal.

  • Perfect Cristiano Ronaldo Free Kick Not Enough For Portugal in Denmark

    Cristiano Ronaldo scored another goal for the long, long career highlight film, but Portugal failed miserably in Denmark. Paulo Bento’s side looked under prepared and just not up to the task against a lesser side in Copenhagen, but Denmark and Morten Olsen proved once again that flair and impressive names don’t mean nothing without substance, spirit and effort.

  • 2010 World Cup Diary – Day 14

    Awesome goals day, asItaly made like France and got knocked out of the World Cup by Slovakia (deserving) who joined Slovakia from Group F, facing the Netherlands who finished a perfect group stage by beating pointless Cameroon while Japan turned on the style, led by Honda, against Denmark, in their 3-2 win. All the goals and best pictures, as always.

  • World Cup Reminder – The Ten Best Goals From Germany 2006

    Thirty seven days left before the greatest event in the world kicks off – The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Just to get warmed up towards the best month a soccer fan has in his life once every four years, here is a nice reminder of the 10 best goals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.