frederic38
Hall of Famer
I never really thought about this until now but it just occurred to me....when do you ever see black players scoring from free kicks? It's always non-black players that are the best free kick takers throughout history.
David Beckham
Cristiano Ronaldo
Andrea Pirlo
Juninho Pernambucano
Diego Forlan
Alessandro Del Piero
Riquelme
Wesley Sneijder
Robin Van Persie
Steven Gerrard
Xavi
The only blacks I can think of were Brazilians (so not fully black): Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos. And Roberto Carlos' free kicks were never finesse shots. He would just smash the ball from long range and get lucky on some of them.
now it seems that since the ball is too light it's almost impossible to take a free kick over the wall
you'll never see a black player do this now
other players good at free kicks: david luiz now (cristiano ronaldo impersonation) and lionel messi who has added freekicks to his game, like shevchenko in his time
the best free kicks takers i have seen were juninho (a free kick was like a penalty for him) and beckham: perfect technique,body balance, so beautiful