Andrea Pirlo

XaviMessiGirl

XaviMessiGirl

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footyfan said:
Not at all, infact free kicks are one of the most clear cut parts of football to analyse. You shoot, you score or you shoot, you don't score - simple as that.

Of course Pirlo is not a bad free kick taker. I've seen matches where he scores 2 in 1 game (for Italy iirc). Infact, he's one of the best set piece takers I've ever seen. I was answering somebody else's question on how many free kicks Pirlo scores per year.
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You have to factor in other things such as the angle & distance of the kick though. Some are just simply a lot harder than others to take.
 
footyfan

footyfan

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XaviMessiGirl said:
You have to factor in other things such as the angle & distance of the kick though. Some are just simply a lot harder than others to take.
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For individual free kicks, yeah. On average, no.

Judgment comes into play too. If the angle is too hard or the distance is too much, a player shouldn't go for goal.

It's quite fair to assume that (barring people like Ronaldo) free kick takers of different teams would on average take similar angle/distance of free kicks over a whole season.

There's no proof that Pirlo consistently takes harder free kicks throughout the season. I know Ronaldo does but he's quite deservingly called an idiot for doing that.

XaviMessiGirl said:
Exactly, those stats make him look worse than he is. To someone who's never seen him play before one would think he's awful looking at those.
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He was just bad for one season. This season he has scored 5, more than Messi.
 
darthvader7888

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footyfan said:
For individual free kicks, yeah. On average, no.

Judgment comes into play too. If the angle is too hard or the distance is too much, a player shouldn't go for goal.

It's quite fair to assume that (barring people like Ronaldo) free kick takers of different teams would on average take similar angle/distance of free kicks over a whole season.

There's no proof that Pirlo consistently takes harder free kicks throughout the season. I know Ronaldo does but he's quite deservingly called an idiot for doing that.



He was just bad for one season. This season he has scored 5, more than Messi.
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Hasn't Messi scored 6? 2 against RM, 1 against Betis, 1 against Granada and 2 for Argentina (against Uruguay and Paraguay, I believe)
 
Stric

Stric

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I think we were discussing this recently and if I remember correctly, someone dug up the info and Messi scored 7 this season.
 
F

forcabarca

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Fantastic free kick! Love you Pirlo!

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Yannick03

Yannick03

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For some players you just gotta have immense respect and admiration, he is one of them. Pure genius and great man, such a shame he never played for us.
 
Jadentheman

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:worthy: Shall we start up the Xavi comparisons again?
 
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