and he could score from absolutely anywhere, i loved Lyon in the CL, but always wished the worst for them in the Ligue, Juninho was a big big reason for that 7 year reign. Its sad that a lot of people(who probably haven't watched him) have this false perception that he was only about free kicks, the guy was a great passer of the ball too and an extremely intelligent player.
Yeah, he scored some insane FKs goals from almost anywhere in the pitch, no matter what people say, he was for me the best FK taker i've ever seen, better than Zola, Del Piero, Ronaldinho, Beckham etc etc, they can't touch him.
And i agree, he was an extremely intelligent player, his precision was just

It pained me that he was so underrated outside Ligue, and that he was overlooked so much by his NT.

He was the reason why i liked Lyon, when he left i just lost interest in the team, one of my favorite players ever.

