Ice hockey players know how to fight in away that they can send a message and break a nose at worst. This cowardly soccer player could have broken his opponents neck: Soccer fight
I was going to say that this applies to men's soccer, women seem to be better at "sending a message" then men soccer players.
I think any fit athlete could pull off that kick, It's keeping your head connected to your neck that is the impressive part. Did you see how dudes head snapped??
Well, he kicked him in the back, not the neck, luckily. But still it was a pretty hard kick and I'm glad he got banned for it.
I would think a kick to the neck might not be as bad as a kick to the back as you see in the video the guys head snapped back.