On a day like today a quarter of a century ago, Carlos scored the ‘miraculous goal’ (video)

Brazilian football legend and former Real Madrid club Roberto Carlos was famous during his eventful career, with his powerful shots from long distances into the net of his opponents.

Today, June 3, marks the 25th anniversary of Carlos scoring one of the most beautiful and unique goals in football history.

Carlos scored this goal in a match between his country and his French counterpart in an international friendly tournament that took place in France on June 3, 1997, in preparation for the 1998 World Cup.

In that confrontation, Carlos was able to launch a missile ball from a distance of about 35 meters outside his left foot, everyone was shocked and stunned.

This goal, described as the “miracle goal”, was discussed by various sporting circles at the time, and the controversy surrounding it continued for several years, before French scientists solved the mystery of purpose. .

After discussions and many hypotheses, the French scientists unanimously agreed that the goal was not a fluke, as said before, as they gave an explanation of how to change the course of the ball and construct an equation. to describe what happened.

And the scientists calculated the trajectory taken by the ball after Carlos shot it, because they discovered that the curve taken by the ball was due to a phenomenon known as “spiral ball spinning”, and they taught that this phenomenon was allowing the ball to deviate. . on goal at the last moment, to trick the French goalkeeper, then Fabián Barthez.

Scientists have confirmed that such a goal is repeated if the ball is hit hard enough to rotate itself smoothly and strong enough to score a goal.

Source: RT