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- verb Present participle of
backheel .
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Examples
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John Barnes, 1988An image of the former England and Liverpool winger John Barnes shows him backheeling a banana off the pitch during an FA Cup tie.
David James: 'I've never thought John Terry was racist – and neither is football' 2011
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Welbeck showed off more of his repertoire when backheeling the ball to Anderson in an accomplished exchange that saw the Brazilian score the second after 76 minutes.
Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League match report 2011
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Sturridge's goal came when he was being chased down by defender Wes Brown and keeper Simon Mignolet but he pulled a trick out of the bag by backheeling the ball in off the post.
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Axel Bellinghausen fired Augsburg ahead in the 49th, when Sascha Moelders robbed Wolf of possession before backheeling the ball for his teammate to dispatch a low shot past Tim Wiese.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CIARAN FAHEY 2011
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Harding plays it short to Oxlade-Chamberlain, who takes his marker out of the game by backheeling the ball back into Harding's path.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Axel Bellinghausen fired Augsburg ahead in the 49th, when Sascha Moelders robbed Wolf of possession before backheeling the ball for his teammate to dispatch a low shot past Tim Wiese.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed CIARAN FAHEY 2011
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Sturridge's goal came when he was being chased down by defender Wes Brown and keeper Simon Mignolet but he pulled a trick out of the bag by backheeling the ball in off the post.
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Eagles and Jack Cork exchanged passes, the on-loan Chelsea midfielder backheeling the return ball to the former Manchester United winger, who evaded one challenger, skipped between two more and stroked his shot in.
The Guardian World News Richard Jolly 2011
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And an even better move, 10 minutes later, with Gyan backheeling to Ayew, looked to have given
Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk 2010
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And an even better move, 10 minutes later, with Gyan backheeling to Ayew, looked to have given
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