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airshot

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(Golf) golf a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
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Brave defending became increasingly clear-headed, with Esteghlal centre-back Roozbeh Cheshmi putting early gaffes behind him to play with authority.Ziyech ndash reportedly a target for Roma and Liverpool among others ndash fluffed his lines with an embarrassing airshot and Schalke's Harit combined menacing runs with more kitten-like finishing.
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It was simple enough, Rooney sidefooting in from eight yards after Jonjoe Kenny's airshot at a Tom Davies cross, but it was abject defending.
And when he's not pounding the tracks, Mr Jones has been checking up on the orders for Airshot - the tubeless tyre inflation system that he developed and is now a successful commercial product.
That airshot prompted a rethink and a more conservative pitch down the fairway, but after pitching on to the green the former World No.1 two-putted from 18ft.
Ivory Coast had two chances to win it in extra time but Didier Ya Konan curled an effort just wide while, after 117 minutes, Max Gradel took an airshot when well placed.
His cross was a good one but it was met by a total miscue by Cole but his airshot also deceived Zubar whose knee diverted the ball beyond Stearman and inside the post.
"His full-blooded airshot resulted in him hyper-extending his knee.
Three minutes later Jefferson Louis' technique failed to match his strength on the ball, an airshot from 18 yards clearly amusing the fans.
Robbie Keane was guilty of the biggest blunder with a harrowing airshot from just FIVE YARDS out!
It's as pointless as telling a golfer who has just hit an airshot that "he's got to hit the ball" or a jockey who has just been unseated "you've got to stay in the saddle".
Shola Ameobi, having earlier produced an embarrassing airshot with the goal begging, showed quick thinking to get on the scoresheet.