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I got it!!! (pics.kuvaton.com)

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[–]drcordell 21 points22 points ago

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It's called the scorpion kick. That looks like Rene Higuita in the gif.

[–]ElmertheAwesome 2 points3 points ago

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You sir get an upboat for knowing his name.

[–]jeroenemans 7 points8 points ago

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Many a person of riper age with a fancy for the beautiful sport of 'football' that is larger than that of the little game of 'handegg' will be familiar with the name of Rene Higuita and his legendary scorpion kick...

[–]ElmertheAwesome 0 points1 point ago

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I tip my hat to you and your wisdom.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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Try not to be condescending.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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the word 'sick' was invented chiefly for this occasion

[–]ghostmagic 2 points3 points ago

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the soccer-fu is strong with this one.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Couldn't have grabbed it with his hands? I know it wouldn't have been as dramatic.

[–]suitedflush 0 points1 point ago

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he thought the ball was dead on this occasion if i recall correctly. although he was mental most of the time and regularly tried to beat players dribbling.

[–]d-dave 1 point2 points ago

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It was just a friendly (against England) so he would've been OK to take such a risk ... having aid that; he did these kinds of things regularly.

Also took a lot of the free kicks I think

[–]kartoqraf 1 point2 points ago

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Yep. Rene Higuita. He also loved to score.

[–]daaaaaaaaniel 1 point2 points ago

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Relevant YouTube Video

[–]ip_g_chodder 0 points1 point ago

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Holy frejoles!

[–]blufr0g 2 points3 points ago

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Joli frijoles!

[–]twerq 0 points1 point ago

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WUT

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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This would have been so much more amusing to me if he'd missed the ball.

[–]nissanium 0 points1 point ago

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LIKE A BOSS

[–]echfelix 0 points1 point ago

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I remember logging onto the internet one day and I heard "you've got mail!". 5 minutes later when my mail box loaded up, I saw that my great grandmother sent me this picture. I wish she could see it now on reddit, but shes been dead for 15 years. If I only had one more 100 free hours cd from AOL, I could have replied and said "Laughing out loud" (because the word LOL didn't exist when this gif came out).

[–]NERDcurious 0 points1 point ago

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Why not use hands?

[–]DeadFreshman -1 points0 points ago

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Nah, too mainstream.

[–]the_walrus_was_ringo 0 points1 point ago

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Man, what would you do if you missed it.

[–]2manybitches 0 points1 point ago

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it was a friendly...but still..

[–]the_walrus_was_ringo 1 point2 points ago

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Haha yeah I know, but you'd still feel like a massive idiot. Jumping in the air as the ball goes past you. Obviously this guy had too much skill for that to happen though.

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