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Den Ridder Miss

Beerschot's Nicoletta den Ridder somehow manages to scoop a rebound over the bar from a yard against Ajax. Oops

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Feature: Pick that out

15 fine set-piece goals, from sublime curlers to good old fashioned whacks

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1 Paul Gascoigne

Gazza’s classic hit in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final that set Spurs on their way against Arsenal at Wembley.

2 Sinisa Mihajlovic

YouTube is just brimming with Mihajlovic free-kick goals. Here’s just one from his repertoire; a beauty for Lazio against Benfica.

3 Aliev

If in doubt, just smack it. So Aliev did, unleashing this 50+ yard rocket that the goalkeeper didn’t even see, never mind have any chance of saving.

4 David Beckham

Becks’ greatest ever moment? 93rd minute…England needing a goal to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. You know the rest…

5 Stuart Pearce

Pearce was a connoisseur of the left-footed bullet-like set-piece. Here’s just one from his, seemingly endless, collection against Coventry City in the Littlewoods Cup.

6 John Arne Riise

The Norwegian quickly endeared himself to the Liverpool faithful with a stunner against Manchester United that threatened to break the frame of the goal.

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese has quickly built up a reputation of being able to wallop home a dead-ball from outside the penalty area. This fizzer against Portsmouth is, arguably, the pick of his bunch so far.

8 Roberto Carlos

The holy grail of free-kicks, as the diminutive Brazilian’s banana shot viciously curls in off the post, leaving Fabien Barthez scratching his shiny head.

9 John Metgod

A good old fashioned ‘get your head down and leather it’ effort from the Nottingham Forest man, who tonked the ball so hard it flew through the goalkeeper’s fingers.

10 John Barnes

A sumptuous John Barnes left-footer for England against the Dutch in a 1993 World Cup qualifier at Wembley.