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Uncommon card · Society
Scorpion kick, an Uncommon card
The scorpion kick, also known as a reverse bicycle kick or back hammer kick, is a physical move in association football that is achieved by diving or throwing the body forwards and then placing the hands on the ground to lunge the back heels forward to kick an incoming ball.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 72
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 72 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Scorpion kick quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Scorpion kick card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Initially referred to as the "balancín", the move was later associated with Higuita after his iconic performance in a ____ international friendly match between Colombia and England at Wembley Stadium.
Answer
1990s. Initially referred to as the "balancín", the move was later associated with Higuita after his iconic performance in a 1995 international friendly match between Colombia and England at Wembley Stadium. From the Scorpion kick article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Wendy Fitzwilliam. Wendy Fitzwilliam 54 · Paulão 51 · Scorpion kick 47 · Big Merino 44 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Sports historian Andreas Campomar praises the manoeuvre as remarkable, noting that it "demonstrated that the spectacle had not died: that the game, in spite of its many flaws, could provide moments of glory that had little to do with just victory or defeat." Although René Higuita is often credited with popularising the move, the scorpion kick was first performed by Paraguayan forward Arsenio…
- Following a cross from Antonio Sastre, Erico attempted a header by diving forward, but as he failed to connect with the ball properly, he resolved the play with an aerial backheel, scoring a goal that surprised the crowd.
- Initially referred to as the "balancín", the move was later associated with Higuita after his iconic performance in a 1995 international friendly match between Colombia and England at Wembley Stadium.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Scorpion kick article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Scorpion kick
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Scorpion kick (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
