In honour of Thomas Müller…
We love a bit of inventiveness here at JOE, and while Thomas Müller’s humble attempt ended in disaster last night, we applaud the German ingenuity when it comes to taking free-kicks. It got us talking here in JOE Towers and we decided to trawl back through our archives to bring you the very best free-kick routines… along with some of the biggest howlers in history.
So sit back and enjoy… or wince. Whichever is more appropriate.
One of the best: First up for the best category comes from Japan where Kyoto Sanga created one of the most elaborate free-kick routines ever seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHNiamEhdjY
One of the worst: There are simply no words to describe this, but we feel it is important to add that the player made a full recovery from his knock.
One of the best: Unbelievable tekkers! We don’t know where his comes from and frankly we don’t care, we just appreciate the genius of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBrJ4wRoYDY
One of the worst: This incredible mix-up comes from Levante v Villarreal in La Liga earlier this year.
One of the best: From the German fourth division, RW Essen perfectly pulled a fast one on Fortuna Düsseldorf.
One of the worst: This mix-up from the French Cup is easily one of the biggest cock-ups on a soccer pitch for quite some time.
One of the best: Wolverhampton Wanderer David Jones hits this absolute peach of a free- kick against Stoke City.
One of the worst: We love Lord Bendtner here at JOE, so we felt it was only fitting he got a spot in our top five… albeit on the worst side.
One if the best: Our final spot in the best category goes to the doozy that Argentina scored against England in 1998, a superb move on the biggest stage helped the Argentines to victory over our across-the-water neighbours.
One of the worst: Obviously not a routine, but this little gem of defending from Zaire v Brazil in 1974 is impossible to leave out.
Have we forgotten any? Let us know…
