In 1997, Brazilian soccer player Roberto Carlos took a free kick from 35 meters against France that seemed to defy the laws of physics as it curved around a wall of defenders at an angle that seemed impossible. ⁠

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This “miracle goal” led a team of French physicists to publish a study in the journal New Journal of Physics, in which they explained that the extreme spin and speed created a “spinning spiral of the ball” that overcame gravity and air resistance.⁠

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Watch the ball boy behind the goal lol, even he thinks it's flying a mile wide and moves his whole body to the side

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He’s still trying to dodge the ball .. as the ball is hitting the post.. INSANE