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How Not To Kick A Soccer Ball

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Fail Blog comes with the sporty goodness today, firing up this video of a soccer player missing his intended target -- the soccer ball -- and hitting ... well, you’ll see.

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↵From what I can tell, this is a game between the Australian A-League’s Melbourne and Central Coast squads, though I can’t tell if it’s of recent vintage or not. Really, though, who cares? One man just kicked another square in the nuts. Context is irrelevant.

↵(HT: Dave Warner)

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