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How to do a bicycle kick in football: Ronaldo, Zlatan & the best overhead goals

We all want to emulate our heroes on the football pitch, but figuring out how to score a bicycle kick takes plenty of practice and luck

There are certain skills that footballers do on a pitch which bamboozle opponents and send spectators home with a sense of awe.

Things such as stepovers and mazy dribbles where players glide past defenders are commonplace, but a bicycle kick goal is a much rarer occurrence.

Its relative rarity makes it all the more sweet when it is successfully achieved and some of the game's best players have managed to do just that.