Cristiano Ronaldo’s No-Look, 1-Touch, Backheel Pass

All, Soccer, Video Ty Duffy January 21st. 2011, 12:45pm

The perfect through ball requires tremendous technique. Heighten the difficulty by doing it with a no-look backheel on the first touch. Cristiano Ronaldo’s skill can be flabbergasting. That’s why his ancillary petulance is tolerated. [Video via 101GreatGoals]

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29 Responses to “Cristiano Ronaldo’s No-Look, 1-Touch, Backheel Pass”

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Babar 2.0 Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Heighten the difficulty by doing it with a no-look backheel on the first touch.
Not the first touch.
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Diesel Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:53 PM
It could have at least led to a goal.
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ms621 Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Very nice, but major let down for the winger who couldn’t corral it. Way to keep your head on a swivel.
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Der Kaiser Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:57 PM
That’s some serious skills right there.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:00 PM
Very nice, but major let down for the winger who couldn’t corral it. Way to keep your head on a swivel.
Di Maria always does that. Kid can flat out score, but he tries to do too much too many times. Just control it with your first touch and hammer it home, come on!
/Madridista
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illformula Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:00 PM
his flashy style more often results in turnovers than spectacular plays like this one.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:04 PM
The perfect through ball requires tremendous technique.
no it doesn’t. I used to do this all the time in highschool. you send it across the box like that hoping that your winger is going to be in the box too and where he’s supposed to be so he can make a play on it. the 4 guys crashing in on Ronaldo only left him with one lane to pass, and that was accomplished with the heel.
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TheBigLead Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:10 PM
that’s like as good as Magic Johnson’s best career pass. too bad this kid didnt finish
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TheGilly Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:13 PM
/wakes up from nap.
//sees soccer video/post.
///stretches.
////falls back to sleep.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:14 PM
that’s like as good as Magic Johnson’s best career pass.
*rolls eyes*
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Senator Jersey Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Nasty.
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plikkkk Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:20 PM
pretty cool, but if that’s truly the best soccer has to offer, i guess i’m not missing a whole lot.
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illformula Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:20 PM
that’s like as good as Magic Johnson’s best career pass.
even cheddar bob thinks this is a dumb statement.
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fattymcgee Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:21 PM
Clearly two touches, and in tons of space. Kinda mediocre by high level soccer standards.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_nveBXibuE&feature=player_embedded#!
this goal is more difficult than that pass. he drilled this ball on the downhill side of a bounce on one touch while on the move. way more difficult than trapping a ball and a heel pass across the box.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:27 PM
that’s like as good as Magic Johnson’s best career pass.
I don’t follow or acknowledge the “sport,” but I was unaware that Magic played soccer.
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Senator Jersey Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:29 PM
this goal is more difficult than that pass. he drilled this ball on the downhill side of a bounce on one touch while on the move. way more difficult than trapping a ball and a heel pass across the box.
Ronaldo has got a pretty sick collection of goals. But that pass was pretty legit. I’m more impressed it wasn’t on first touch. He gathered the ball and still knew where his man was going to be on the backheel. And I fucking hate Ronaldo.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:33 PM
jersey – a backheel pass is nice, especially when it’s on target. a good highschooler can execute one though.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Ronaldo has got a pretty sick collection of goals. But that pass was pretty legit. I’m more impressed it wasn’t on first touch. He gathered the ball and still knew where his man was going to be on the backheel. And I fucking hate Ronaldo.
I agree with the lower-class guy. That pass was definitely better than the goal in this instance.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:35 PM
jersey – a backheel pass is nice, especially when it’s on target. a good highschooler can execute one though.
Link?
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Senator Jersey Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:38 PM
jersey – a backheel pass is nice, especially when it’s on target. a good highschooler can execute one though.
Dude puts it in the perfect place, through the rest of the defense for a relatively easy goal opportunity. I dunno. It looked pretty sweet to me. You don’t see one there that often.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Link?
http://www.gotoahighschoolgameorpractice.com
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:39 PM
jersey – I’m not saying the pass is ghey or Ohesian, I’m saying it’s ridiculous to attach the hyperbole to it that both duffy and TBL did.
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Broccoli Beef Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:42 PM
http://www.gotoahighschoolgameorpractice.com
LOL, nice linking. I agree with the comment about duffy and TBL, however, it was a perfectly weighted no-look backheel in the box to set up an easy scoring chance that Di Maria fucked up. And add that to the fact that this is happening on the highest level of the sport. I agree that a backheel pass isn’t superhuman, but in this case it was pretty damn cool.
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Senator Jersey Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:42 PM
jersey – I’m not saying the pass is ghey or Ohesian, I’m saying it’s ridiculous to attach the hyperbole to it that both duffy and TBL did.
Fair enough, guess we weren’t really arguing.
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mizerle06 is the crippliest of the cripples Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 1:47 PM
no doubt it was a perfect ball, but it didn’t require tremendous technique.
it’s definitely not this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA778YNWtrY&feature=related
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rittyrich Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 2:09 PM
Magic Johnson brings it up the floor, looks left, and WHOA, what a pass, no-look-behind-the-back-pass to A.C. Green who, oh no, he dropped it for a turnover. But what a pass! Let’s get this up on youtube right away.
/ soccer’d
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theCount Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 2:10 PM
Wow, he kicked a ball in a straight line backwards…that sounds so tough to do. Especially when there is only one defender about 10 feet away from the line. Try hitting a golf ball straight…that is tough.
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tyduffy Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 2:27 PM
Wow, he kicked a ball in a straight line backwards…that sounds so tough to do. Especially when there is only one defender about 10 feet away from the line. Try hitting a golf ball straight…that is tough.
I’ve hit a golf ball straight before.

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s No-Look, 1-Touch, Backheel Pass

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