What is the hardest technique in football?

The Maradona Turn is something every player practices and its beauty comes from the simplicity of it. With a swivel of the hips, the great Argentinian forward could dance around the ball, change direction and take multiple opponents out of the game. The Cruyff Turn is now one of the first skills that children are taught and that’s the genius of Cruyff – he made the difficult become simple. There isn’t a more spellbinding way to score a goal than with a scissor kick. The sight of a striker flinging themselves backwards into the air with all the grace of an Olympic gymnast before catching a cross well above head height with his foot and powering it into the back of the net is simply spectacular. The Rabona has become a much more frequent sight in football over the last 10 years or so. Players such as Eden Hazard, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Erik Lamela have all put it to good use in competitive games, wrapping one foot around the other to score and assist some classic goals. The Elastico involves rolling your foot over the ball in such a way that when you bring it down on the other side, you are able to knock the ball past an opponent in one swift movement. Scoring a direct free kick is quite a skill in itself, but there is no better technique for doing it than the Knuckleball. The Knuckleball free kick was perfected by Cristiano Ronaldo, by striking the ball straight on the valve you can generate the perfect combination of power, uplift and dip without the ball moving, spinning or swerving an inch.