Top of the Bundesliga, through to the Champions League semi-finals, Xabi Alonso has had a successful first season at Bayern Munich. The Spaniard played his part in Bayern's destruction of Porto on Tuesday evening by scoring his side's sixth of the game.
It came from a free kick, which according to stats guru Mister Chip, was the midfielder's eight attempt on goal from the dead ball situation this season. Incredibly, he has scored from 50% of those attempts.
.@XabiAlonso has taken 8 free kicks at Bayern: five were on goal and four were scored
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) April 21, 2015
Compare that to Cristiano Ronaldo who just recently scored his first free kick in over a year.
1 - Cristiano Ronaldo has scored his first free kick goal in La liga since more than a year ago (March 26, 2014 against Sevilla). Stress
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 11, 2015
Here's the goal.
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GIF via Reddit
