Free Kick Quotes

From close range the free-kick is taken with inside of the foot. I will take a run-up of two or three steps and take the kick with the inside of the foot and the ball will travel in a straight line towards the goal. If it is a long-range free-kick, then I will use the outside of my foot. The ball will turn in the air and head towards the goal.

I used to watch Beckham and Andrea Pirlo. Players like that, they had a fantastic right foot on them; everyone knows that.

I used to practise my free-kicks a lot.

I don't practise indirect free-kicks, but the technique and how I strike the ball I practise a lot.

I really admire Zinedine Zidane and Frank Lampard. They are really skilful, and I like the way they shoot from distance.

I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more than 360 goals because he has a great right foot, but a left foot just as powerful.

It's like Barcelona who have Messi. He decides games with his attacking play; Oblak resolves them with his saves.

My job is to score goals.

Beckham takes free kicks better than me. It is a joy to watch him take free kicks and he has proved that free kicks are not all about power.

I find it easier to strike the ball with my instep across goal. But I've scored in loads of other ways, too.

I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to score volleys.

Each free kick carries my name, and all are my children. And they have South American roots.

Any one of Messi, Neymar, Xavi, or Suarez can take penalties; it doesn't matter.

Plan your free-kick and imagine where you need to hit the ball. Hang a T-shirt under the bar and try to hit it with the ball.

I'm a forward, and I dream of a goal in the World Cup, pushing it, kicking it from outside the box, wherever. I dream of scoring at a World Cup.

As soon as a free kick is given and it's anywhere near the box, I get excited. I don't really concentrate what side the keeper is on, because I always think that if I catch it as well as I can, then I can beat him whichever way he goes.

You should be relaxed before taking the free kick. You should have confidence in your ability and happiness that you are going to score a goal.

There is always a chance to score the equaliser with a set piece.

The most difficult thing in football is to score a goal.

In football, the only game I know is the 90-minutes game. It's not mind games; I don't try to do that.

Our keeper, Karen Bardsley, stakes out any penalty, any free-kick, any corner. KB knows the detail of how the person will take it.

So much success from set pieces comes from practice. Maybe fans see a well-worked free-kick and think it looks good, but to get that, there has been hours of work that nobody has seen on the training ground.

When I'm close to the penalty area, that's where I feel more comfortable.

I used to watch Juninho's free-kicks without being able to figure out how he hit them. I tried and tried until, eventually, I came up with my own way to strike them.