Barcelona star Neymar has just upped the ante after he took out a drone with a brilliant volley as part of a videoed skills battle with former Brazilian legend Ronaldo.
The footballers have been sending each other videos to show off their impressive abilities as part of a PR stunt for online card room Poker Stars.
In his skill show, 24-year-old Neymar first plays keepie uppie before expertly kicking the ball up onto his neck and balancing it there for a while before smashing a volley skywards — straight into a white drone that was hovering up ahead.
The damaged drone veers off-screen and a triumphant Neymar puts his hood up and turns his back to show the camera the #RaiseIt hashtag while his posse cheer.
The video follows one that Ronaldo had posted last week, showing the retired striker take a free kick on a small road.
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The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid goalscorer kicks the ball in the air, aiming for a white car that is driving down the hill with its top down.
A drone that is following the vehicle catches the moment when the ball bounces on the tarmac and lands smoothly inside.
Both ‘skillshots’ were shared online with the hashtag #RaiseIt and one of them has already been viewed over 750,000 times.
Neymar has been enjoying a very successful spell at Barcelona, winning the domestic double for the second consecutive season, which follows on from a treble victory the season before that. He is currently discussing a new contract at the club.
Ronaldo — considered by experts and fans to be one of the greatest football players of all time — retired from football in 2011, concluding an illustrious 18-year career which saw him win the Fifa World Player of the Year award on three occasions and the Ballon d'Or twice.
He now works as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador and also served in the past as an ambassador of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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