📽 The most beautiful free kicks in Champions League history ✨
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Tuesday night, we had a feast for the first quarter-final evening of the Champions League.
Arsenal made a strong impression by taking down Real (3-0) at the Emirates. And this clash of the titans was marked by a double from Declan Rice on a free kick.
We jump at the chance to offer you our selection of the most beautiful goals scored in this exercise in C1 before those of Rice.
Obviously, we await your opinion in the comments to designate the most beautiful!
Cristiano Ronaldo 🆚 Arsenal, 2009 #UCL pic.twitter.com/ZbFVSlgpXF
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 19, 2024
Juninho Pernambucano 🎯🎯🎯#UCL | #ThrowbackThursday | @OL pic.twitter.com/cidEbdY0Ls
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 2, 2020
1⃣3⃣ Masterful Messi vs Liverpool 😱#UCL pic.twitter.com/Kud7baSPZW
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 31, 2021
𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗: Alessandro Del Piero free-kicks! 🎯'Pinturicchio' hat-trick against Monaco in 1998 featured THIS effort 🔥@delpieroale | #UCL pic.twitter.com/LAhZqaFwGz
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 9, 2021
#OnThisDay in 2⃣0⃣0⃣6⃣🎩🐰✨ @10Ronaldinho 🆚 Werder Bremen ⚽️🎯😎#UCL | @FCBarcelona | @FCBarcelona_es pic.twitter.com/DBNQB30wMG
— UEFA.com DE (@UEFAcom_de) December 5, 2020
🤯 Sensational free-kick by Alex! #UCL | @ChelseaFC https://t.co/IUA8nC8XYm pic.twitter.com/w4D2NugMTx
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) January 4, 2021
So, which one is number 1?
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