Rainbow flick neymar
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Ten of Ronaldinho's greatest pieces of skill
Ronaldinho celebrates his 40th birthday behind bars
This Saturday is Ronaldinho's 40th birthday, so there's no better time to look back on his brilliance and to share 10 of the greatest pieces of skill - not goals, but skill elsewhere on the pitch - that he ever produced.
1. This might have been his best ever goal if it had gone in
2. A perfect nutmeg during his time at AC Milan
3. When he made the ball disappear vs Albacete
4. Superb control and a superb pass
5. He could even do it against Gattuso and Pirlo
6. Even Messi suffered his genius
7. He showed he still had it in a legends game
8. Having fun against Sao Paulo
9. A triple 'sombrero'
10. Skill during a futsal appearance
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Rainbow kick
Technique in soccer
The rainbow kick (also called the Reverse heel flick-over, the Rainbow flick, the Carretilha or the Lambreta in Brazil, the Lambretta in Italy, the Brazilian in Romania, the Ardiles flick in the UK, the Arco iris in Spain, the Okocha-Trick in Germany and the Coup du sombrero in France)[1][2][3][4] is a trick used in association football, in which a player steps to the side of the ball and flicks it up. The trajectory of the ball gives the trick its name. The trick is usually performed while running forward with the ball, and is done by rolling the ball up the back of one leg with the other foot, before flicking the standing foot upwards to propel the ball forward and over the head.
There are some variations of the rainbow flicks, such as the Advanced rainbow flick, and one popularized by Neymar, the Neymar Rocket.
The advanced rainbow flick involves flicking up the ball to your waist, (sometimes using the Ronaldinho flick-up.) and hitting the ball with the outside of your boo
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How hard is it to be Ronaldinho?
In this article published on FourFourTwo in january 2018, Chris Flanagan wrote: «Ronaldinho has been dancing to the beat of his own drum since the very start of his football career – a career that has been just as much about joie de vivre as joga bonito. That perhaps is the biggest reason he’s adored the world over, not just in Barcelona and Brazil, and why he inspired a generation. He wasn’t just a truly great footballer – he looked like he enjoyed being a truly great footballer, too».
Probably it’s the best definition ever to explain how Ronaldinho become first modern football icon before Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s a matter of legacy, not only of cold perfection or continuità at high levels: compared to two football androids whom he passed the baton, Ronaldinho was on top of the world just for two years off five spent in Catalunya. But he was in a unique, genuine and pure way, perfectly fitting to the ideal of football like fun and entertainment: and, from this point of view, Ronaldinho was, is and always will be, the entertainer,
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