We have not been strong or even competitive with free kicks for a long time now.
All credit to Kenwyne Jones, but usually those run up and blast free kicks don't score. We need somebody to bend and dip it.
Anyway, back to the topic. Juninho is the best right now. Before him it was Beckham and to a lesser extent Rivaldo. Before them Mijailovic was de man.Â
Roberto Carlos should be mentioned somewhere in there.
I remember when Ronaldo used to score free kicks too but he doh get to take them anymore.
I would love to see a clip of Ronaldo scoring a free kick. That is like Ronaldinho scoring with a header. Rarely, if ever, happens. I remember fuh de 2002 final though, he stepped up to take a free kick. Rivaldo should have taken it, could have been 1-0 much earlier, that is his bread and butter right dey.
Best FK taker right now is Juninho. Others of note are Rivaldo, Mijailovic, Van Hooijdonk, Fransisco Arce (good thing he retired from Paraguay), Roberto Carlos..Recoba and Figo when they ready