In football, the main thing is kick. Fast, strong and accurate. Surprisingly, it is not so easy to determine which of the players has a really powerful cannon strike, although some ratings exist.
Personalities in football
Each of the famous football players has their own secrets and their own characteristics when delivering a crushing blow to the opponent's goal. So Cristiano Ronaldo usually spreads his legs wide before the run, David Beckham somehow especially sagged his body, Roberto Carlos was rapidly mincing his legs.
By itself, measuring the force of the impact is far from easy. In addition, this kind of information is not always systematized and analyzed. Nonetheless, Roberto Carlos went down in football history as a master of incredible long and medium range shots. His unrivaled qualities have made him a master of free kicks. Almost half of the free kicks taken by Carlos ended in goals.
But the main highlight of his strikes was the unpredictable trajectory of the ball. Scientific luminaries have tried many times to explain the essence of this miracle, but each time they agreed that the reason is turbulence and gravity.
In terms of ball speed, Carlos usually achieved an average speed of 136 km / h.
The best of the best
In 2010, the star of Lukasz Podolski, a German of Polish descent, rose. His result, recorded in the match between the national teams of Germany and Austria, amazed all football connoisseurs.
201 km / h! And this is at a distance of only sixteen meters!
David Beckham has long been the strongest hitter on the ball. He, like Carlos, was considered a master of free kicks. Their main feature was sniper accuracy, but if necessary, he could strike incredibly hard. In this case, the rival goalkeeper had no chance to save the goal. In 1997, after hitting Beckham, the ball flew at a speed of 156 km / h and ended up in the gates of London Chelsea.
Ritchie John Hamrays made his debut against Aston Villa of Birmingham by sending the ball into the net at 154 km / h.
Alan Shearer, well known in England, footballer for Newcastle and England. His shot, from a distance of 23 meters and a speed of 136 km / h, easily reached the goal net of Leicester City.
It is not for nothing that Cristiano Ronaldo is considered one of the best footballers of our time. The Golden Ball received by him in 2013 is a confirmation of this.
To date, the rating of the players with the strongest blow is as follows: Lukas Podolski (Germany), Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Wayne Rooney (England), Paul Scholes (England), Alex (Brazil), David Beckham (England), Stephen Gerrard (England), Yon-Arne Riise (Norway), Hamit Altintop (Turkey).
