10 best goal scoring midfielders of the Champions League era

#6 Juninho Pernambucano

Juninho is one of the best free-kick takers of all time

The Brazilian is renowned for his free-kicks and is widely considered to be the greatest free-kick specialist of all time. A perfect example of his sheer brilliance is his impact on another free-kick specialist Andrea Pirlo. The Italian openly admitted that he had spent hours to try and study Juninho’s technique and the duo met in Brazil during the 2014 World Cup.

Juninho spent eight seasons in Europe and all of them were with French side Olympique Lyon who had never won a league title prior to his arrival, but went on to win 7 league titles on the trot in his first seven seasons at the club.

Although Juninho didn’t win any European titles during his time in France, he still managed to score some sensational goals in the UEFA Champions League. His stunning long-range free-kicks are still remembered fondly by many Lyon supporters.