Best indirect free-kick: Gabriel Batistuta explains iconic strike vs AC Milan

Gabriel Batistuta’s right foot and a football pitch really were a match made in heaven.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Argentinian striker and his trusty weapon wreaked havoc across Europe.

During his time with Fiorentina, goals were certainly not hard to come by for the man aptly nicknamed ‘Batigol’.

Batistuta joined the famous Italian club from Boca Juniors in 1991 and went on to cement legendary status among the La Viola faithful.

The irrepressible striker scored 203 goals in 331 appearances for Fiorentina, winning the coveted Capocannoniere award (Serie A’s equivalent of the Golden Boot) in the 1994/95 season.

A number of Batistuta’s goal in purple were absolute corkers as well, although there’s one that stands head and shoulders above the rest – in our opinion anyway.

We are, of course, referring to his iconic, net-destroying indirect free-kick against AC Milan during the 1998/99 campaign.

The display of brute force with his legendary right peg was quite something and had the net not been in place, the ball would probably still be travelling.

As goals from an indirect free-kick situation go, it’s hard to think of many that equal Batistuta’s missile, which went straight over the heads of some legendary figures in the Milan wall.

And the great man himself has now revealed what was going through his head before he took aim from the edge of the six-yard box.

In a brilliant video clip uploaded to social media, Batistuta explains how he could see fear in the eyes of the opposition and decided to aim for their heads, as he knew they wouldn’t jump to try and block the close-range effort.

It was probably a good thing none of them did as well…

Milan – Fiorentina 1998/99 ⚽️