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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
backheel .
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Examples
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But a backheeled pass to Bryan Ruiz after 80 minutes started an exchange that ended with Dempsey's shot bouncing off the top of the crossbar, a move worth the price of admission alone.
Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams 2011
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Three minutes later, only seconds after Omer Toprak's header from a Leverkusen corner had been disallowed, his flick led to a backheeled effort from Raul Meireles which met the same fate.
Fernando Torres pulls off a confidence trick as provider for Chelsea | Richard Williams 2011
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Alberto Gilardino found Juan Vargas and the Peruvian backheeled the ball to the Montenegro forward Jovetic, who curled it into the top corner from the edge of the area for his fifth goal of the season.
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What did you think of his unlucky backheeled effort against LA Galaxy?
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The Tottenham defence, impressive in its individual contests in the first half, left Friedel naked and helpless for all three goals, first when Welbeck rose to turn in Cleverley's diagonal cross with a glancing header, then as Anderson met Welbeck's backheeled return pass with a brusque short-range shot and finally when Rooney nodded Ryan Giggs's cross inside the post.
Tottenham's Brad Friedel is left naked but outshines David de Gea | Richard Williams 2011
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"But I don't think he'll use it," said Carker, as he backheeled Murillo.
Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block Burt L. Standish 1905
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Instead of conventionally striking the ball he twisted around and backheeled the ball into the corner of the net.
CNN.com 2011
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CNN -- An international footballer who played for the United Arab Emirates, and who became an internet sensation after scoring a backheeled penalty, has died following a car accident near the country's capital, Abu Dhabi.
CNN.com 2011
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The video of his backheeled penalty against Lebanon in July was a world wide sensation
CNN.com 2011
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Meggiorini backheeled the ball into Di Vaio's path and he shrugged off Bonucci and Andrea Barzagli to fire past Storari.
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