{"id":39846,"date":"2013-10-05T17:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T13:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=39846"},"modified":"2013-10-05T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T13:24:00","slug":"step-aside-pele-non-league-footballer-rene-steer-becomes-internet-sensation-after-unleashing-40-yard-wonder-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=39846","title":{"rendered":"Step aside Pele: Non-league footballer Rene Steer becomes internet sensation after unleashing 40-yard wonder-strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A non-league footballer who was released by Arsenal as a youngster has become an internet sensation after hitting a stunning 40-yard thunderbolt goal in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n

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More than 250,000 people have already tuned in to YouTube to see defender Rene Steer unleash his lethal left foot strike, which stunned fans at non-league St Neots Town on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

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When the great Pele made a similarly audacious attempt in the 1970 World Cup against Czechezlovakia, the man widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all saw his effort go just wide.<\/p>\n

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The wonder-goal has already been tipped to be goal of the season, and Ladbrookes has given it a 50\/1 chance.<\/p>\n

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Rene, 23, a football coach, said: ‘I remember seeing the ball and I just thought “Why not?”<\/p>\n

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‘I tried it in training last week and I hit one out of the astro. I didn’t realise how far it was, if I did I wouldn’t have hit it.<\/p>\n

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‘I can’t remember the flight or how I hit it, I just remember it hitting the cross bar and then I got ambushed.’<\/p>\n

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But his 71st minute strike was not good enough to win the game, and St Neots lost the second qualifying round replay 2-1.<\/p>\n

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