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#4 Free-kicks
Between 2012 and 2015, Cristiano Ronaldo was often referred to as the king of free kicks. But the same cannot be said about the Portuguese superstar this season. His set-piece statistics have declined greatly. He is yet to score a single free kick in the current campaign.
Whereas, Lionel Messi has been going from strength to strength with his ability to score from set pieces. The Argentine currently leads the chart of the best free-kick takers in Europe with 7 goals to his name. His closest opponents are Neymar Junior and Kevin De Bruyne who have both scored 4 and 3 free kicks respectively.
The Argentine shocked the world when he scored free-kicks in 3 consecutive matches in March and has also built on that by scoring a beautiful one against Leganes from 25 yards out. With such an amazing run, only God knows what Messi can achieve with this incredible ability.
