Physics says Roberto Carlos's free kick against France was no Fluke

BBC reporter Victoria Gill met up with France scientist Christophe Clanet and his team that were researching probably the best free kick ever taken.

The team explains Roberto was at a perfect distance, hit the ball hard enough, and with the correct spin, to give the ball the ability to fly the way it did....and that it could be done again.

If the ball would have continued it's path, it would have ended up in what is called a "snail shell" shaped trajectory. The distance is what allowed us to see the ball fly at it's potential trajectory, if it were any shorter, then the play would probably never have been talked about again. Mythbusters would have loved this.

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