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11th Jun 2016

The best goal of Friday night wasn’t Dimitri Payet’s winner but this Bolivian free kick

Stupidly good

Darragh Murphy

“I’ve got this side covered! I’ve got this side covered. I’ve got this side cov… oh”

Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo definitely underestimated the abilities of Jhasmany Campos, whose set-piece technique is only slightly better than his name.

Campos was tasked with dragging Bolivia back into their Copa America Group D clash with Chile on Friday night and he did it in some style.

The 28-year-old, who you’ve probably never heard of, gave himself every chance of a Puskas nomination with this thunderous free kick straight out of the top drawer.

Campos found the perfect combination of curl and power as he hammered a shot in off the underside of the crossbar right on the hour mark to restore parity in Massachusetts.

The wonderstrike wasn’t enough to deliver a crucial point though as a controversial Chile penalty at the very death all but confirmed Bolivia’s elimination from the tournament.

Still, Campos will always have this.