Drogba admit to copying Ronaldo's free kick technique

• limpper

  17 Aug 09, 01:17

  Drogba copies Ronaldo free kick technique

  Didier Drogba was the first to admit his injury-time match-winner for Chelsea over Hull was a fluke, unlike his stunning first half free kick.

  The dead ball strike was a replica of the Ronaldo stunner against Portsmouth two seasons ago.

  Drogba told The Mirror: "I guess it was a bit like the one Ronaldo scored and it was deliberate. I tried to do it like that and lined it up to hit the valve.

  "Everybody is aware of this technique now after Ronaldo and it’s true that when you hit the valve the ball comes down more.

  "But it is just technique - and I think his free-kick was bit better than mine."

• Shao Wei

  17 Aug 09, 02:23

   Ronaldo is the master after all.

  i bet drogba is impress by his diving skills too

• brokenluv

  17 Aug 09, 02:41

  Originally posted by Shao Wei:

   Ronaldo is the master after all.

  i bet drogba is impress by his diving skills too

  
  they make good frens. can discuss 101 ways of diving.

• Hwaimeng

  17 Aug 09, 09:06

  oh well at least he honest

  unlike that R onaldo when he does a diving and still gave a innocent face after that..............

  wonder who is the coach who teach him that (- -).......???

• the Bear

  17 Aug 09, 09:37

  diving aside, it is good that a footballer still takes time to learn from others to better his craft..

  which is more than can be said for a lot of footballers out there

• zocoss

  17 Aug 09, 09:58

  So in future Drogba will have first option to take the free-kicks and Lampard will have to stand aside from now on?

• iceFatboy

  17 Aug 09, 10:53

  Originally posted by Shao Wei:

   Ronaldo is the master after all.

  i bet drogba is impress by his diving skills too

  :)

• Cristiano@Red_Devils.com

  17 Aug 09, 11:50

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  So in future Drogba will have first option to take the free-kicks and Lampard will have to stand aside from now on?

  Lampard is not an excellent set piece taker. Reasonably good but not outstanding.

  At the moment, only Ballack will fight with Drogba in taking free kicks... and he sucks at free kicks.

• Shao Wei

  17 Aug 09, 17:17

  Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:

  Lampard is not an excellent set piece taker. Reasonably good but not outstanding.

  At the moment, only Ballack will fight with Drogba in taking free kicks... and he sucks at free kicks.

  lampard has very good luck in free kicks..

  no idea why the ball always rebounce and goal =.=

  i bet half of his goals tally is reflected

• knock-knock

  17 Aug 09, 18:40

  Originally posted by Shao Wei:

  lampard has very good luck in free kicks..

  no idea why the ball always rebounce and goal =.=

  i bet half of his goals tally is reflected

  
  no offence, but if reflected, then isn't it own goal???

• Shao Wei

  17 Aug 09, 18:44

  Originally posted by knock-knock:

  
  no offence, but if reflected, then isn't it own goal???

  nope.