Watch: Celtic's Moussa Dembele rattles in a perfect free-kick for France U21s

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Dembele put France Under-21s ahead in Kazakhstan by picking out the top corner gloriously.

This is absolutely perfect; Moussa Dembele could not have placed it any better.

Cracking free-kick from Moussa Dembele for France U21s. @MDembele_10pic.twitter.com/mL1JoeZjZH

— Li'l Ze (@LilZe8) March 23, 2018

The Celtic striker's direct free-kick comes from France's Under-21 game with Kazakhstan, which the French eventually won 3-0. Dembele, Jean-Kevin Augustin and Jonathan Bamba were the players responsible.

The technique used by Dembele is an interesting one: a sort of hybrid of the styles used by Ronaldinho and, less famously, Dragan Stojkovic. Younger readers can check out Stojkovic's free-kick against Spain at the 1990 World Cup.

Seb Stafford-Bloor

Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.