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2. Juninho Pernambucano - Wikipedia

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   The knuckle ball free-kick technique takes a significant amount of skill to replicate and strike accurately. In total, Juninho scored at least 75 goals from direct free kicks throughout his professional football career, [7] [8] [9] which spanned from 1993 to 2013. [50] Juninho's Adidas boots in the Lyon museum

3. Knuckleball - Wikipedia

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   In association football (soccer), the method of striking the ball so that it produces almost no spinning motion during its flight has been colloquially described as "knuckleballing" by commentators, due to the ball's motion that resembles a baseball thrown with a knuckleball pitch. This shooting technique is frequently used by players for long ...

4. Shooting (association football) - Wikipedia

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   He usually uses the knuckleball technique. These types of shots are usually used most in free kicks, corner kicks and shots on goal. Bending shot / Curl (association football) / Trivela: Sometimes called curve. Any part of the foot can be used to do a bending shot, but using the inside or outside parts produce the most bend.

5. Curl (association football) - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] The technique of putting curl on a ball with the outside of the foot is sometimes known as a trivela, a Portuguese term, with Ricardo Quaresma a notable user of this skill. [4] The topspin technique of putting straight curl (instead of side curl) on a ball is known as a dip or dipping shot. [ 5 ]

6. Association football tactics and skills - Wikipedia

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   Numerous feints and ruses are tried to fool the opposition, including having attackers join the "wall." A successful free kick from the 1970 World Cup- Brazil vs Czechoslovakia, illustrates how the technique works. Brazilian forwards Jairzinho and Tostao cunningly joined the end of the defensive wall as the Czechs set it up.

7. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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   A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

8. Marseille turn - Wikipedia

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   French footballer Zinedine Zidane was known to use different variations of the Marseille turn. Instead of using his sole to drag the ball back in the move's first phase, Zidane sometimes used the inside of the foot, especially when performing the move while running at high speed.

9. Marino Magrin - Wikipedia

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   [2] [4] Magrin was known in particular for being a penalty-kick specialist and for his incredible accuracy on set-pieces, as well as his use of the bending "knuckleball" technique on free kicks. [2] [4]