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Posted: 2018-07-21T07:54:34Z | Updated: 2018-07-21T22:56:12Z Soccer Player Booted After Brutal Drop Kick To Rival's Stomach | HuffPost

Soccer Player Booted After Brutal Drop Kick To Rival's Stomach

The Champions League season is barely underway and already there's a contender for "the filthiest tackle" of the year.
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Bryan Mélisse has gone down in soccer history, but not for the right reasons .

The French defender for Luxembourg’s F91 Dudelange was ejected during the final moments of a Champions League preliminary round match against Hungary’s MOL Vidi FC on Tuesday after he performed this appalling drop kick on opponent Mate Patkai:

One tweeter dubbed it an “early contender for worst tackle of the season.”

ESPN also noted it could already be “the filthiest tackle ” of the 2018-19 season, which has only just begun.

MOL Vidi won 2-1 winners and progressed to the second preliminary round phase of the Europe-wide tournament, which was won last year by Spanish giants Real Madrid .

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