Juninho par excellence

Juninho the best free kick taker in the world by JUNINHOKICKS

A short video (with music -- "Black and White Town" -- by one of my fave British bands Doves) on free kick specialist Juninho during his time with Lyon where he scored 75 goals. Loved that French team. It's just too bad the team was broken up (after winning seven consecutive Ligue 1 titles). When watching this compilation of Juninho's goals, the free kicks are powerful, fast, and deceptive fooling the like of Barcelona's Victor Valdes. It's like a rocket coming at you. He has a variety of shots -- those that curve in and those that go straight like it's got a laser target painted on the goal. And check out that bounce that has proven to be a killer for the keepers. Even at 35 yards out, he was real accurate! 

On another note, I wanted to purchase the OL kit with "Novotel" as their shirt sponsor but it was too late. They soon changed to "Bet Clic". Oh well!


Do I still root for Lyon even without Juninho and Benzema? Of course! There's Yoann Gourcuff, Jeremy Toulalan, Kim Kallstrom, Michael Bastos, Miralem Pjanic, and Hugo Lloris! If I am real lucky I will get to watch them next season at the Stade de Gerland this August!