5 of the toughest football skills to master

#4 Finishing a 1v1

Raul of Real Madrid

In one vs one situations, it’s always the goalkeeper who’s favoured due to the fact the pressure is on the forward to score – as the man between the posts, it’s your job to stand tall and stay composed.

Meanwhile, if you’re an attacker running through on goal, you can have all sorts of thoughts running through your head. “Shall I go bottom right? How about I go around him and then tap it into an open goal,” these thought processes can result in missing a golden chance, thus facing the wrath of your fans.

As a forward, all the pressure is on you to score but they must remain composed, otherwise, it can go horribly wrong. In modern football, someone you want in a one vs one situation is a player of Robert Lewandowski’s calibre.

If you go back in time, then you can look no further than strikers such as Ronaldo and Raul. The duo were arguably the best around at finishing inside the penalty area during their prime while there’s only a couple of players in the modern-day football that are even on par with them.

The reason being for their success was down to their composure on the ball and as we've seen in the past, sometimes the pressure can get to the forward.

You only have to go back to 2011 for Fernando Torres' miss for Chelsea against Manchester United in the Premier League to show what can happen if your forward is out-of-form and in such circumstances, it could become a season defining moment.