Look away now, Ireland fans.
Martin O’Neill’s team will take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Euro 2016 play-offs, and when they do so they will come up against arguably the most in-form free-kick taker in European football.
Before Roma’s Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, much of the talk surrounded the German team’s midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu – widely regarded as Cristiano Ronaldo’s successor as the world’s best dead-ball specialist.
But Pjanic proved it’s still very much up for debate with this stunner to put the Italians 3-2 up in a topsy-turvy 4-4 draw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Se9Y3qEyo
This was anything but a one-off, too. It’s the fourth time the former Lyon man has found the net from a free-kick this season, and all four strikes were relatively similar.
Back in August he helped see off champions Juventus…
.@Miralem_Pjanic curls home a beautiful free-kick for @OfficialASRoma against @juventusfcen. #RomaJuve http://t.co/bMN5wB3BN4
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) August 30, 2015
He followed it up with this deft effort against Carpi…
That's how you take a free-kick! @Miralem_Pjanic with a beauty for @OfficialASRoma against @carpifc1909. http://t.co/3OHm6VySJP
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 26, 2015
… before holding down the power bar a bit longer in the victory over Empoli.
Boom! @Miralem_Pjanic scores with a fabulous free-kick for @OfficialASRoma in the 3-1 defeat of @EmpoliCalcio. http://t.co/hWp7uEWp55
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 17, 2015
How will the likes of John O’Shea deal with him in November?
