F.C. Barcelona...Overmars, Gerard, Petit, GRACIES REAL MADRID! :)

[RAM]

  leonid...I played since I was 15 until I was 18 (before that I played with friends,not in serious teams). Right-legged left wing (heh,yes, as Overmars, my "good" leg is the right) I could always dribble inwards and let the defenders broken...to be in the "opposite" side of the field to the natural one is a BIG advantage in the offensive, if you know to use it. Plus, after breaking inwards, I could shot   . Defenders **allways** know to cover best the zone of the good leg, and so they usually dont cover well the dribbles towards the middle of the field.  

I wasnt too bad, and I could've gone into senior teams after being 18, but I had to study and my mother told it clearly: "choose, futbol or studies...and if you choose futbol, you can start searching for a new home"  

Well, were good years  ...but I miss to kick the ball  

Yeah, Romario was in FC Barcelona for nearly 2 years, he was outstanding!!! the chip master, for sure, the most feared forward in Spain...

But Rivaldo does play from midfield onwards. He does more than make goals (thing he does wonderfully), he makes other people play...

The bad things about Brazilians is that they are very excentrical...but when you put them on a futbol field, god forbid the poor team they are playing against  

[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 09-15-2000).]

[leonid]

RAM  

Yes, I am left-footed, and I know exactly what you mean.  Once in a while I would play practice games on the right wing to do as you did, but in the end I always went back to left.  For one, I cannot chip or cross as well with my right, and also the left side of the field is too much like home for me    Anyway, it was almost more fun to make a good cross or pass that another player scored off of, then to score myself    I love good teamwork!

[RAM]

Well,that was the only problem with me...My left leg is good for...err...well for putting it on the ground  

Seriously, I can't cross the ball with left foot, but I had no serious problem in doing a feint when reaching the end line, feinting that I was about to cross and then stopping the move (hehe defenders use to fall a lot in this kind of moves, and they jump to intercept the ball   ) when the defender was broken, I put the ball in my right foot and used to do a very close close cross to the area. 15-18 year old goalkeepers dont use to have a lot of experience in this kind of balls, and head goals were common this way   .

Other times I simply went into the area searching for a "death pass", or even the individual move. to go up the end line with the head up is always refreshing...  

I also played some matches in right wing, but it was not the same...hehe  

I loved to shot free kicks and corners, too. Oh, well...I MISS FUTBOOOOOL!!


[This message has been edited by RAM (edited 09-15-2000).]