Zidane's Volley vs Bale's Bicycle Kick

[Giggles]

Where is Ronaldo in the celebration? What exactly was he doing in that time?

He's around 3rd or 4th into the pile from what I seen in the camera angle that shows the whole pitch.

EDIT: 5th.

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[phonics]

It looks fairly straightforward to replicate the Zidane goal. That Bale goal looks much more complicated. Sounds like there is a youtube series in that somewhere.

Zidane himself has said something about trying to recreate that goal in training over and over and failing.

[mugbull]

Zidane himself has said something about trying to recreate that goal in training over and over and failing.

Sounds like it was a lucky goal then?

If you put other class players into the correct position for both those goals and took 1000 samples, the Zidane goal would be being scored way more often than the Bale goal. His version of it looks nice because he found the sweet spot on a ball that had been launched 12 yards into the air, but scoring from that ball in itself isn't impossibly difficult

[Spoonsky]

He's around 3rd or 4th into the pile from what I seen in the camera angle that shows the whole pitch.

EDIT: 5th.


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Cheers, not sure why he disappears in the TV version. That angle is brilliant.

[Adramelch]

If you put other class players into the correct position for both those goals and took 1000 samples, the Zidane goal would be being scored way more often than the Bale goal.

Then why does it feel like I've rarely if ever seen goals similar to Zidane's but I've seen quite a few like Bale's?

[Spoonsky]

Then why does it feel like I've rarely if ever seen goals similar to Zidane's but I've seen quite a few like Bale's?

Pretty rare for a ball to drop from the sky like that unchallenged I'd say. Whereas no defender was ever going to get to the cross for Bale's (and Bale himself had no right to).

[mugbull]

Probably because there are more crosses in football than balls falling from the sky

EDIT: Lol Spoons we used the same wording

[Giggles]

Cheers, not sure why he disappears in the TV version. That angle is brilliant.

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[ItalAussie]

Practically every overhead is lauded as the greatest goal ever.

Can we all just accept that they look impressive, but they're also a huge roll of the dice? They're practically a different category of endeavour to other goals.

EDIT: And Rivaldo's overhead is still the best for mine. The one where he juggles the cross a couple of times, rather than the one where he controls it on his chest. Although it's a measure of the man that you still have to specify which all-time great overhead goal you mean.

[Panda Bear]

Pretty much every single high-level amateur and professional footballer will tell you that Zidane's volley was more difficult.

https://youtu.be/rFfomw-Z4uE

Just watch how much Zidane has to contort his body to strike that ball properly during the sequence at 0:57. It's not your typical volleyed goal like van Persie's Charlton or Rooney's Newcastle because he's not running into the flight of the ball nor is dropping right in front of him.

Bale's goal requires extreme athleticism--he had no right to connect with that ball--but its technical execution is simpler due to it being a straightforward cross.

[Baz]

Trevor Sinclair should be in this poll.

[Danny]

Trevor Sinclair should be in this poll.

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Aye Trevor Sinclair’s goal in the fourth round of the FA Cup should be in this poll

Who scored the better Champions League final goal?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Someone find me another goal remotely like the Zidane one.

[bruhnaldo]

Find me an instance where a ball goes 15 yards into the sky and has time to drop back down before a defender challenges for it at the edge of the box first. I reckon it's a nearly impossible exercise.

[igor_balis]

Sounds like it was a lucky goal then?

If you put other class players into the correct position for both those goals and took 1000 samples, the Zidane goal would be being scored way more often than the Bale goal. His version of it looks nice because he found the sweet spot on a ball that had been launched 12 yards into the air, but scoring from that ball in itself isn't impossibly difficult

not a fucking chance

[-james-]

Ronaldinho vs Chelsea will always be the best goal ever.

[Panda Bear]

Standing side volleys on a ball coming at you from a 45 degree angle is a million times more difficult to handle than a horizontal cross.

[mugbull]

not a fucking chance

Of course it would. they wouldn’t all look exactly the same, but theyd be in the net quite a bit

[Pepe]

Can't argue against that evidence.

[Spikey M]

Can't argue against that evidence.

Hold my beer.

Of course it would. they wouldn’t all look exactly the same, but theyd be in the net quite a bit

Would not!

[Lewis]

Absolutely destroyed him there Idiotmouse.

[Danny]

Someone find me another goal remotely like the Zidane one.

Closest I can think of

https://youtu.be/Kg9VEEVpe3s

[Spikey M]

Absolutely destroyed him there Idiotmouse.

Dishing out mercings like it’s 2008.

[Magic]

DS and his merc'd mate brings back terrible memories.

[Spikey M]

Played Magic.

[Panda Bear]

Closest I can think of

https://youtu.be/Kg9VEEVpe3s

And even then, that's coming across his body which makes it way easier.

[phonics]

The only goal I can think of coming down even close to as vertical for the 'pass' is that stupid Balotelli one and that barely counts.

I was trying to think of vertical goals and was wondering if any of Van Persies volleys would have counted, the answers no but I got to see this again.



The goal and the celebration are both top tier stuff. What a cunt.

TBH this ones even better.



What a talented bastard I hate him. You know you're going to see some tasty stuff when you search for a players volleys and he's rolling 5 deep in the auto-complete.

[Danny]

And even then, that's coming across his body which makes it way easier.

As easy as a volley with your leg up that high can be!