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Video: No net can withstand The New Kaka

Mar 21, 2011, 8:26 PM EDT

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What’s cooler in soccer than having the nickname “The New Kaka”? Kicking the ball through the freaking net, that’s what. Yes, I wrote through the net. Brazil’s Lucas Piazon did just that in Saturday’s under-17 match against Paraguay, kicking the ball so hard that, well, see for yourself. I suppose this has to be the soccer equivalent of Roy Hobbs hitting the cover off the baseball.

Piazon just signed a big contract with Chelsea, by the way. Paraguay went on to win 2-1.