13 ridiculous free kick goals from the Lyon legend & one of the most prolific free kick takers ever in football – Juninho Pernambucano
“Juninho has been described as one of the world’s most feared strikers of a static ball. As of 17 May 2009, Juninho has scored 44 goals from direct free kicks for Olympique Lyonnais, his last for the club being a strike from long distance against Olympique de Marseille. With his free kick in Champions League against FC Barcelona, he rewrote Olympique Lyonnais’ record books as their highest ever European goal scorer with 17 goals. The method he uses for long-range free kicks is frequently “knuckle balling”, where the ball has almost no spinning motion during flight. A successful knuckle ball will “move” or “wobble” in the air unpredictably, making it difficult for the goalkeeper to save. He first made his name as a free kick taker in Europe with a long range free kick against Bayern Munich in the 2003–04 Champions League group stage in which the ball dipped viciously at the end of travel that deceived Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn, who was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world at the time.” – Wikipedia about Juninho
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3:53 wow
To put it in perspective Messi, Ronaldo, Beckham and Ronaldinho, who are all known to be free kick specialists, all have less free kick goals than Juninho. He has more than Pelé, even. Monster
3:53 i exactly recreated that free kick in fifa 21 using the jabulani ball
What I like about him is he’s a free kick specialist in the truest sense of the word, there are other superb free kick takers take Keisuke Honda for example, but they all have like one unique style of scoring free kicks. But Juninho pulls off various free kick taking techniques depending on the situation, it’s like a video game character equipping a different skill for different levels
Juninho had a 44 percent conversion! That’s INSANE!
Imagine almost half your free kicks are goals lmfao bruh
He was one of the greatest, but seems like French keepers don't understand the concept of putting a wall and then defending your post.
Best free kicker ever in the wrong team, so sad…they were good only in the french league
He's a nightmare to goalkeepers
The master himself. Too often forgotten.
We had really bad camera's in 2015
Wow what was he doing with ball 😳
Best free kicker of all time
Juninho is the king of free kicks in football, it is undeniable that even Goat classmates, namely Ronaldo and Messi, were unable to break Juninho's record for the most number of free kicks.
why brazil rarely include him as a starter
yea lemme fuckin knucle it from 40 meters out
Should have ended with the 44 yarder the commentator mentioned in the penultimate clip
He never played for a big team.
0:33 a wonderful moment you see the referee's eyes tell the story, a look of awe
Simply the best.
Qué les pasa a los arqueros?
you missed the one against bayern.
That late break on the ball is ridiculous. Hes bending knees like a good pitcher
1:02 That freakin ball spinned twice in opposite directions. Amazing.
Lyon was the one team you don’t foul
Wow hahaha free kick Goat
Amazing 👏 🙀 😯 😮 😲 👏
Un tiro libre de Juninho era medio gol.
Player the best for free kick is Marcos Assuncao… Accuracy Value more than 90%.
I think the goalkeepers are npc
I was big fan of Beckham but when i saw his free kick he is from another planet in taking free kicks
That 3rd goal was like a knuckle ball in baseball but better. No spin and changing directions more than once
Brazil is filled with football talents. They are basically the kings of football …..different Brazilians have different talents for instance Roberto carlos known best for trivela freekicks, neymar known best for his flicks, countinho's amazing long range curving goals, ronaldinho skills, ronaldo9 shooting abilities and so much more….Brazilians are always dominating every era of football even pelé is known as the king of football and he is from brazil….BRAZIL👏👏👏
Juninho o professor de Pirlo, jogava muito no Lyon e na seleção brasileira, craque, lenda!!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
absolute master no doubt, any distance any angle 💥
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He played in an era of legends that had overshadowed his greatness. By far the best free kick scorer ever.
his magic can cause the ball to swerve as it approached the keeper that's why he keep scoring
So dominant freekicker. He was an incredible player overall. My football career as a child started with juninhos freekicks, i absolutely loved em.
Sinisa and Juninho best free kick specialists of all times