Whats your favorite trick or move to put on a defender?

[bora bora]

cruyff turn, while being challenged by a defender in futsal, i turned right , then left, then right again. and if that wasnt humiliating enough, i then sidefooted it to a team mate unmarked in the center. goal!

[J_J_Okocha]

this is my And1 move that doesn't work on anyone but horrible, overzealous defenders: this defender is completely worthless and intimidated by your superiority, so he's completely afraid to bite and tackle you. employ this against players who are just asking to get the Hot Sauce put on them. sprint up a sideline with the defender in close contact, either neck and neck with you or slightly behind. do a Maradona with a slight delay on the second half of the move, but only enough of a delay to convince the fool that you're bringing your body to a bit of a halt. the guy will quickly realize you're not stopping and will accelerate a lot. your first touch after completing the 360 should be a sharp cut inside in the direction you came. the guy should run by you, and he will be set up for the most important part of the move. EITHER FLIP THE BALL UP WITH YOUR FOOT SO THAT IT HITS THE BACK OF THE SHMUCK'S HEAD OR PUT IT THROUGH HIS LEGS SO THAT THE BALL COMES THROUGH ON THE SIDE THAT HE'S FACING BUT IS TOO UNEXPECTED FOR HIM TO CONTROL.

DECENT DEFENDERS: just a fake strike of the ball with a cut inside or a push outside, a pair of outside of the foot 180s in quick succession, with the first just evading the defender's grasp (i have a video of Ronaldo killing someone with this in his Barca days). stepover with your back to a defender to shift his leg and then drag around with outside of the foot and turn and meg in the same motion.

Great defenders: something flashy when you've been quiet throughout the game, cut, simplified elastico

Lillian Thuram in his glory days: run away, switch teams

i'm 14 so i'm naeve enough to think that these moves will work against anyone. in EPL they use a quick triple-tap of the ball to split defenders most often rather than a 360, i don't catch enough La Liga but when i have i rate Betis with Denilson and Joaquin in the same ********ing lineup!!! And1 Mixtape Tour of Spain to be certain.

I didn't know And1 had anything to do with football.

[Anarchist]

it is called the elastico not snake and not flip flap either. hanson? who is that? Ronaldinho is the making himself a legend for the elastico.


Hell if it matters kid. Haha. "elastico", whatever the hell ya want. Hanson, if ya read the few words right before it, is just a local legend. You'll hear about him in a few years. Anyways that's all. Ciao.

[giggstovieira]

stepover. so simple. if that doesn't work, shoulder drop :cool:
let me requote myself. stepover, denilson, matthews. i have a list of 5 to 6 moves i can do on the right flank at any time. :cool: ;) if i'm on the left and in coverage. a zidane 360 or cruyff out to the right is mighty fine

[bikemeister13]

I have a lot of favorite moves.Thh step over, scissors,faint, push and go, stop and go, swivil step over, maradona, inside outside, outside inside, cruyff,collar bone ( maradona+swivil step over), fake pass, blanco, and the fake shot.BIKEMEISTER13

[usasoccerhooligan]

ok now this really depends on the situation. personally if i'm dribbling up field with a defender along next to me, i love to do one of Ronaldo's moves. i can't think of it's name right now, but it's the one where you pull the ball back while running like you're going to make a turn then going forward with it. usually the defender falls for the fake and then loses his balance when you go forward. it's an awesome move to do at high speeds because it's so deceiving. i love it.

[dannytoone]

I go right. Or sometimes I go left. One of the two.

It only works if they see you do lots of fancy stuff warming up, though.