That's what I think as well. But no one mentioned Yldiray (spell ?) of Heerenveen. He won the Free Kick tournament this year.. and there were mnay big names present as well.
That remembered of something. Julio Baptista won a free kick contest against Zidane last month. I can't believe it!
The figure may be lower. But Pirlo's scored 3 for Italy, and, as I recall, 3 in the Champions League. This season alone he's hit 5 for Milan, so that's 11 free-kick goals. Now go back to last season and then back further to his Brescia days and I'm fairly confident you'll find a bunch more. In any event, this is a very high number. Serie A goal-keepers tend to be pretty good, and if you're looking for players who've notched more than 15 goals off free-kicks in Italy you're talking about players like Baggio, Maradona, Platini, and Mijailovic (not spelled correctly--argh). I'll see what I can find and post it here.
why the hell is ronaldinho better then pirlo, why because he is ronaldinho, heck ronaldinho is the best goal keeper in the world too, heck he is ronaldinho
according to you every brazilian is the best at there postion, robinho is a flop and terrible yet pele says hes the next great brazilian player
Be carefull with what you say... People said the same thing about Ronaldinho when he first got to PSG. Robinho already has something that cannot be taught, magical skills with the ball, ginga, improvisational skills...now, building up his body and learning tactics well he is an excelent prospect.
blah blah blah, robinho is going on the bench once cassano comes to real, and if you think robinho is better than cassano then you must be smoking something, 0 goals in 6 champions league games and 4 goals in league play is quite disapointing
Cassano is 23. (Born July, 1982.) But let's get back to comparing Pirlo and Juninho and see if we can't look objectively at the matter. You two ought to pm each other about Cassano versus Robinho.
Please, how can we compare Juninho to Pirlo?? - Juninho - 3 times French Champion. Going to 4th tittle in a row. Best player of the French League for 2 years. World Champion. - Pirlo - well...nothing to say!!
pirlo won the under 21 championship with italy, not to mention a champions league title in 2003, and a Serie A title in 2004, what the heck are you talking about..........................DID I MENTION A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE
levinto you have said alot of stupid things here but it doesnt take a genius to figure out that pirlo plays for ac milan and won a champions league title in 2003, levinto who won champions league in 99, id be suprised if you said manchester utd
We're not, strictly speaking, here to compare them as players, but as free-kick takers. If you really want to talk about trophies though, Pirlo is a bit more accomplished. Two Champions League finals, one Champions League trophy, a scudetto, a Coppa Italia trophy, a bronze at the Olympics, and he carried Italy's U-21 team on his back to win that trophy some years back. Having said that, Lyon is an excellent team and Juninho has done great things for them.