🎥 Declan Rice? A look at the free-kick master Juninho's best for Lyon 😍
Declan Rice is rightly hogging the headlines right now after his two stunning free-kicks in Arsenal's statement win over Real Madrid, but to many, free-kicks remind them of one man: Juninho Pernambucano.
The Brazilian scored exactly 100 goals in a glorious eight-year spell with Lyon in the 2000s, with a ridiculous 44 of them coming from deadball situations.
He was a master of the knuckleball technique that so other players have adopted, but could also curl them, float them, and do just about anything and from almost any distance.
Free-kick? Did you mean Juninho?? 🇧🇷☄️ pic.twitter.com/uKhLSlAv4j
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) April 8, 2025
The Brazilian icon might have been on Rice's mind last night when he stepped up, and who could blame him?
📸 JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT - 2007 AFP
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