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Diving forward and flicking the ball with your heels behind you, legs bent like a scorpion's tail. The opposite of a bicycle kick, which goes backwards. Extremely rare because the situation has to be exactly right and it's incredibly hard to pull off. When it goes in as a goal, it wins every award going. Giroud's against Crystal Palace in 2017 won the FIFA Puskás Award.
Olivier Giroud's scorpion kick goal for Arsenal against Crystal Palace in 2017 won the FIFA Puskás Award - Alexis Sánchez's cross came behind him, and Giroud improvised a diving back-heel flick that arced into the goal, defying physics and belief.
Robbie
Feb 8, 2026
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