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Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - blah_united - 14-09-2009
Cristiano Ronaldo has taken pretty much every freekick Manchester United have been awarded over the past few years. Whilst plenty would be rifled straight in to the wall, there were some truly sublime goals scored from great distances and seemingly impossible angles.
Ryan Giggs scored a great freekick against Tottenham Hotspur to take it to 1-1 after Jermaine Defoe scored with less than a minute played. After the match, Giggsy admitted he was a bit rusty where freekicks were concerned but that there were other players as well as him eager to take on the freekick duty.
“I’ve been a bit rusty at free kicks,” said Giggs. “We’ve got plenty of players who can take them. “Nani’s already scored one this season, Wayne and myself both can. We’ve got plenty of options, but we didn’t have a look-in for four or five years, obviously with Cristiano! I was just glad to see it go in.”
Fortunately, we had a goal advantage when we went down to ten men, although Wayne Rooney went on to make it 3-1 regardless.
“With 10 men obviously it’s always tough,” he added. “They had a lot of the ball and we had to defend really well, they’ve got a lot of attacking options so we had to try to get men behind the ball and try to get a breakaway goal - and that’s what we got. It was a great goal. When you’re down to 10 men you’re just hanging on really and hoping you get something, a bit of magic, and Wayne’s produced that.”
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - andrewcmufc - 14-09-2009
was great to see giggsy score against spurs at the weekend with a free kick really brought back some memories
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - Noucamp99 - 14-09-2009
Old school! I liked the fact that even after so many appearances for United and with his age (sorry Ryan) and experience, he admitted that they still stop behind after training to practice free kicks, etc.
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - preast_my_berton - 14-09-2009
Yup - there is a reason that Becks is so good at freekicks. Obviously a large part of it is natural talent, but he wouldnt be able to do is so reguarly without the hours and hours of practice he put in after training. Some players just love to play football and we have been lucky at United over the years. Now we have Rooney who must be the most enthusiastic footballer you will ever see.
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - Kalel - 15-09-2009
It was great to see Giggs score from a freekick again....And as said above fair play that even now with all his experience that he would still stay behind and practice them after training.
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - frederickfromprague - 15-09-2009
hargreaves might have a pop now and then
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - jibboom - 15-09-2009
Yeah, hopefully Hargreaves takes some when he's back, and Anderson too if he can repeat his free kick from pre season!
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - FergiesArmadillo - 15-09-2009
Let's not forget Ando!
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - Jay Dee Bee - 15-09-2009
good idea
RE: Giggs: Rooney, Nani and I Will Share Freekicks Now Ron’s Gone - I_Phantom - 15-09-2009
I'm sure we will score more free kicks this season.