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Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists

Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35m with a powerful curling banana trajectory ...

Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg

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Greatest free kick 'was no fluke'

Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.

Wed 1 Sep 10 from BBC News

Greatest free-kick was no fluke: Roberto Carlos' 1997 'freak' goal explained by scientists

Physicists have finally laid the argument to rest by computing the trajectory and deciding it was all down to a phenomenon known as the 'spinning ball spiral'.

Thu 2 Sep 10 from Daily Mail

Best free kick ever by Roberto Carlos was no fluke, claim scientists

One of the most incredible goals in international football was no fluke, physicists claim after working out the science of the seemingly impossible free kick.

Thu 2 Sep 10 from Telegraph.co.uk Science