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Classic Sports Moves: Bicycle Kick

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Drama Club

Pele didn't invent the bicycle kick—Chilean footballers employed it so often, way back when, that it came to be known as the "chilena"—but the great Brazilian is probably the player most closely identified with this dramatic maneuver. No matter who invented it, though, or who perfected it, a nicely executed chilena can be a thing of beauty. And if a goal results from the attempt? Well, it can take your breath away.

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Sep 25, 2009
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