Aside from other things that have received plenty of attention, Luis Suarez is a serial offender when it comes to nutmegging – just ask any Liverpool supporter.
https://twitter.com/romadonisaa/status/588461431122595840
To celebrate his nutmegging of David Luiz, we’ve sifted through YouTube to find six more examples of one of the most degrading skills that can be inflicted on an opponent.
Juan Roman Riquelme
Wearing the number 10 at Boca Juniors comes with a fair bit of expectation and Riquelme rarely disappointed. Not even the grainy quality of the video or the bonkers music can take away from the quality of this moment of magic…
Ronaldinho
No great surprise at this inclusion. Ronaldinho, wearing that I-could-eat-an-apple-through-a-tennis-racket grin of his, also has an impressive portfolio of nutmegs. Now playing in Mexico, here is one of his more recent efforts.
https://youtu.be/wsyvXtPHmIk
Before we go any further, I know what you’re thinking…
Riquelme and Ronaldinho nutmegging hapless opponents is perhaps no big deal to some of us. It’s far more enjoyable to see football’s bigger names fall victim to it. So…
Xabi Alonso on Zidenine Zidane
Alright, so Xabi Alonso is quite a gifted player and Zidane had long since retired at the time of this training ground megging… but remember that it still happened to one of the world’s greatest ever players. Just watch it.
https://youtu.be/bTeMuax4Oi0
John Obi Mikel on Paul Pogba
Holding down a place in Chelsea’s line up for the majority of the last decade is quite impressive, but John Obi Mikel’s never been known as a flair player. Paul Pogba, on the other hand, is one of the game’s more exciting names at present- making this video even more amusing.
https://youtu.be/CrBU94i3zmI
Good. But it can be bettered…
John O’Shea on Luis Figo
Having broken through at Manchester United that same season, nutmegging the great Luis Figo, a bonafide Galactico at Real Madrid, instantly propelled the Irishman towards legendary status at Old Trafford.
But this doesn’t even compare with what follows…
Scott Hiley on Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo’s achievements since this 2005 game against Exeter make this all the more impressive. Although not quite hitting the heights he would go on to hit, Ronaldo had still etched out a reputation as one of the game’s most skillful players when Manchester United faced Exeter. Then 36, Scott Hiley’s nutmeg on the man that would go on to win multiple Ballon d’Or awards made him somewhat of a local hero. And rightly so.
