Roberto Carlos' stunning long-range free kick for Brazil against France on June 3, 1997 inspired some deep analysis from top physicists.

Roberto Carlos' free kick against France in 1997 Here's a video clip of the shot - which may be even more miraculous than Diego Maradona's storied World Cup goal against England in 1986.

Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skillful free kick goal ever scored but by others to have been an incredible ...

Roberto Carlos never 'took' a free kick. He thunder- [insert funny expletive]-ed it. And so, with a puffing out of his cheeks, he placed the ball down and paced backwards to sketch out his run-up.

Roberto Carlos has recreated his famous free kick for Brazil against France in his backyard.

Without doubt the most famous of our powerful free-kick takers, Roberto Carlos is just one of a many Brazilian players to have developed a rocket-like shot from set-piece opportunities.

Everybody loves a good free-kick goal. Some of the very best live long in the memory, few of them more so than Roberto Carlos' wicked effort for the Brazilian national team against France ...

Roberto Carlos snubbed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when naming the three best free-kick takers of all time.

Former Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos has broken many people's hearts by admitting that his world-renowned free-kick against France in 1997 was wind-assisted and branded the goal a 'miracle.' The ...

In 1997, Brazilian soccer player Roberto Carlos scored on a free kick that first went right, then curved sharply to the left in what looked like a physics-defying fluke. We've finally discovered ...

IT IS 20 years since one of the most spectacular, iconic and physics-defying goals was scored on a football field. And Roberto Carlos, scorer of that most famous free-kick, has revealed he still ...

Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skillful free kick goal ever scored but by others to have been an incredible ...