[Excape Goat]

Let's talk about signature moves/trademark play of individual players.

Cuauhtémoc Blanco: 'Blanco Bounce' or 'Bunny Hop'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt5AK...elated&search=

Zidane: 360 turn.... they called it sick move here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlCNP...elated&search=

Ronadlinho: the elastico or whatever you call it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXqPEpeokCg

Hugo Sanchez: bicycle kick....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWsgOHAjE8

Roberto Carlos: Powerful cross/shot from the wing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQXBNQ7U5w

C.Ronaldo: I dont know how to call this move....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ochcQ56Es

Romario: trap skill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhLN7Lo-XJY

David Beckham: Of course, his freekick is famous, but he has a style in the approach. His arm swinged backward....etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fA5TjkL19E

[Excape Goat]

Cruyff's turn........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1k7DGqRF5g

[dannytoone]

C.Ronaldo likes to do the rabona cross a lot...unfortunately I can't find any videos highlighting that specifically. Just a bunch of compilations.

Another of his favorites is where he stops the ball with his front foot and puts it back in motion with his back foot(sometimes he does it all while he is still in the air.

Is there a name for that?

[Spartak]

Rodrigo Taddei: ‘The Aurelio’
http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...ia/oct21e.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHW5qg46x7U

[Excape Goat]

Figo's run during a penalty kick is something special. The footage below showed it many times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLHG...elated&search=


But he actually copied from Socrates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHHL...elated&search=

[dannytoone]

Originally Posted by Excape Goat

Figo's run during a penalty kick is something special. The footage below showed it many times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLHG...elated&search=


But he actually copied from Socrates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHHL...elated&search=

Simao picked up the same thing but a little variation, and he does it all the time.

Figo does two or three short quick steps, two long slow steps, and then shoots.

Simao does a few quick long steps(like he is gonna power it in), then a few short slow steps(changing momentum), and then goes for a corner.

[Bertje]

Looking how players shoot their penalties has always been a thing for me. It's also pretty clear that if you can shoot a ball hard to one side, that's always the best way, because not even if a keeper picks a corner and does not wait and look and still picks the right one, a hard shot will never be saved. I must say though that Litmanen, who always waited for the goalkeeper to pick a corner, is the only player that made me doubt my own conclusion. He could take a penalty kick and I would never feel a goalkeeper would save his shot.

[dannytoone]

Originally Posted by Bertje

Looking how players shoot their penalties has always been a thing for me. It's also pretty clear that if you can shoot a ball hard to one side, that's always the best way, because not even if a keeper picks a corner and does not wait and look and still picks the right one, a hard shot will never be saved. I must say though that Litmanen, who always waited for the goalkeeper to pick a corner, is the only player that made me doubt my own conclusion. He could take a penalty kick and I would never feel a goalkeeper would save his shot.

Not true...I have seen some pretty powerful low corner shots saved because of good anticipation. Ex...Portugal v England in the WC.

[johno]

Jay-Jay Okocha had a "runover" a variation of stepovers (rather than a scissoring action from in to out, he made a motion running directly over the ball from out to in that is pretty confusing the first time you see it) that drove defenders mad when he was on top form. He for me, is one of the funnest dribblers to watch since George Best. He enjoyed dribbling people for the sake of dribbling them and he had some very different dribbles that haven't been replicated.

[Bertje]

Originally Posted by dannytoone

Not true...I have seen some pretty powerful low corner shots saved because of good anticipation. Ex...Portugal v England in the WC.

Then they either weren't shot hard enough or not enough to the side.

Just saying it is possible to shoot a penalty that cannot be saved. Did you hear that, Dutch, English and Italians?