Celta Vigo’s Pablo Hernandez Scores Outrageous ‘Blind’ Backheel Volley vs Atletico Madrid (Video & GIF)

Chris Wright

22nd, September 2014

By Chris Wright

Celta Vigo played out a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid on Saturday evening, with Pablo Hernandez (the Chilean one, not the ex-Swansea one) opening the scoring with an outstanding, fortunate and unorthodox volley.

With the ball being lumped high into the Atletico box, Hernandez allowed the ball to fly past him before cocking a leg and connecting with an audacious “blind” back-heel that caught out both his marker Diego Godin and keeper Miguel Moya…

GIF (reverse angles)…

Lucky? Maybe so – but fortune favours the brave, and all that jazz.

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