By Master Jin, Guest Columnist for Kung Fu Cinema Quarterly
"Your leg," Fung whispers, eyes wide. "It’s a cannon." shaolin soccer part 1
It is a massacre. Not for the Shaolin team—for the ball. The ball becomes a guided missile. A goalkeeper catches a shot and flies backward into the net, taking the crossbar with him. A header from the "Iron Head" brother cracks the goalpost in half. By Master Jin, Guest Columnist for Kung Fu
As the sun sets on the dusty pitch, Fung looks at his team. They are dirty, exhausted, and disqualified from three local leagues. But for the first time in a decade, he smiles. The ball becomes a guided missile
"We’re going to the National Cup," he says.
But that is a story for End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2, where we break down the physics of the "Banana Ball" and the emotional gut-punch of the penalty shootout.
The referee, terrified, awards a penalty just to end the play.