5 retired players who had a habit of scoring insane goals

Modified Jul 18, 2017 11:55 GMT

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: Fans pose with the Dennis Bergkamp statue outside the stadium prior to The Emirates FA Cup Quarter-Final match between Arsenal and Lincoln City at Emirates Stadium on March 11, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images) — Dennis Bergkamp scored so many great goals that immortalised him with this statue

#4 Juninho Pernambucano

TUCSON, AZ - FEBRUARY 20: Juninho #8 of the New York Red Bulls brings the ball up field against the Seattle Sounders at Kino Sports Complex on February 20, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) — Free-kick taking master

How can I explain poetry to you when you haven’t watched Zidane weave magic using his feet as a wand? How can I explain Joga Bonito to you if you haven’t witnessed Ronaldinho dancing with the ball? How can I explain art to you when you haven’t gazed at the stupefying brilliance of Michael Laudrup?

And how can I explain insanity to you when you haven’t had your jaw dropped at Juninho Pernambucano’s free-kicks?

They say that this world is an illusion, that time and space are nothing but mere traps to bind us to this dimension. When one watches Juninho bend time and space with his direct-free-kicks, they begin to think that perhaps this world really must be an illusion.

For it is nigh on impossible to score free-kicks like that. How can you explain all those goals from 40-yards out? How can you explain the ball going above Victor Valdes’ head from an angle so tight that it makes skinny jeans look baggy?

You perhaps can’t – and that’s the point.

Edited by Staff Editor