This is what it's like to get hit in the face by a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty kick
"Not sure that Cristiano Ronaldo meant to welcome me with a black eye but this Canadian football fan will take the penalty kick to the face as an excellent memory from one of the best," writes a soccer spectator on her YouTube page.
This is what happens when you get primo seats to a Real Madrid match, whip out your phone to film a Ronaldo penalty kick -- then get beaned with said kick while recording the whole thing.
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Sarah Arcand scored great seats for Real Madrid's home match against Sevilla last weekend, which Madrid won 4-0.
Ronaldo, the star player with the billion-dollar price tag and the schlong-flaunting statue, lined up a penalty. Arcand got her phone out to record -- and was promptly smacked in the face by Ronaldo's kick. Here's the one-of-a-kind video the close encounter produced.
On her YouTube page, Arcand writes that she was left with little more than a black eye but wishes she could have kept the ball.
Seems fair.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
