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Celta Vigo's Pablo Hernandez surprises everyone by scoring audacious backheel

Pablo Hernandez opened the scoring in a 2-2 draw between Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo on Saturday with a backheel that would've made Zlatan Ibrahimovic proud. In the 19th minute, Hernandez kicked his leg behind his back to connect with a ball that defender Diego Godin had all but given up on, thinking it was destined to go out of play. Hernandez's effort paid off though, as he managed to direct it towards the net as Atletico keeper Miguel Moya was caught at the post, also thinking that there was no way Hernandez could possibly connect his foot with the ball behind his back.

But, perhaps even to his own surprise, Hernandez pulled it off and now regular, run of the mill backheels will never be impressive again.

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Brooks Peck

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