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29th Jul 2017

You have never, in your entire life, seen a free-kick hit as hard as this

Thunderbastard

Tony Cuddihy

Thwack!

We believe the words are ‘absolute’ and ‘thunderbastard’.

We already have the Ligue 2 goal of the season and it’s not even August yet.

Patrik Eler is a Czech striker, newly signed for Nancy from the magnificently-named Wacker Innsbruck, and this goal from his debut against Orleans will live for long in the memory.

The frontman lined up a free-kick from all of 35 yards and, when he let fly the ball stayed so hit that he don’t know how Eler didn’t burst the net.

This is frightening.

Credit: Lee Thomas-Mason/Twitter