The Joy of Six: football and the outside of the boot | Rob Smyth

From Brazilian screamers to an extravagant shank via Peruvian insouciance, we celebrate one of football’s most difficult skills

NB: The point of the Joy of Six is not to rank things, only to enjoy them

Nelinho

Branco (wait for the replay from behind the goal)

Branco (II)

Maicon

Roberto Carlos

Related: The Joy of Six: Diego Maradona

Carlos Alberto

Roberto Perfumo

Steven Gerrard

Dennis Bergkamp

Mark Hughes

Michael Essien

Papiss Cisse

Paul Pogba

Ian Edwards

Brian Laws

Oscar

Daniel Sturridge

Thierry Henry

Bryan Robson

Julian Joachim

Related: The Joy of Six: Barcelona v Manchester United

Preben Elkjær

Eric Cantona

Teddy Sheringham

Thierry Henry

Paolo Di Canio

Dwight Yorke

Jurgen Klinsmann

Graham Alexander (two OOTF penalties in one game, for goodness sake)

Trevor Sinclair

Mark Robins

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