4 Memorable Celebrations in The History of The World Cup
Scoring a goal in the World Cup is considered a great achievement by any player, and this goal remains engraved in the memory of football fans for many years, but few players who scored goals succeeded in imprinting a special memory of their goals in the minds of the fans, thanks to their out-of-the-ordinary celebrations that engraved in memory more than the goal itself.
Football fans are waiting for the 2022 World Cup with great eagerness to see the stars of the game score beautiful goals and new celebrations to remain immortal in the memory of the tournament.
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We present to you a number of celebrations that the fans of the World Cup and football did not forget because of their privacy and uniqueness from other traditional celebrations.
1- Roger Milla's Wiggle in The World Cup 1990
Cameroonian Roger Milla participated in the 1990 World Cup at the age of 38, and most analysts doubted his ability to score due to his age, But he surprised everyone and scored two great goals against Romania.
Mila, after scoring the first goal, headed towards the corner banner and began to dance in front of the fans who interacted with him with high fervor, and he repeated that celebration after scoring the second goal and remained engraved in the fans’ memory until now.
2- Bebeto's celebration of his goal and his son in the 1994 World Cup
During the 1994 World Cup, Brazilian star Bebeto received good news after his wife gave birth to their first child before the quarter-final match against the Netherlands.
During the match, Bebeto scored a goal for his country, so he ran with Romario and Mazinho and the trio began to move their hands to express the arrival of the new baby.
Bebeto's celebration has since become a tradition for players in all countries of the world, where players announce that they will have new children by scoring goals and celebrating in the manner of Bebeto's celebration.
3- Brian Laudrup's celebration against Brazil in 1998
In the 1998 World Cup, the Danish Brian Laudrup took advantage of a mistake in removing the ball from the Brazilian Roberto Carlos, to face the goal and prepare the ball for himself and hit it as a missile in the throat of the goal, but the goal, despite its beauty, was not among the memorable goals.
What immortalized the fans in that match was Laudrup's goal celebration, as he expressed his joy in an funny unprecedented way that was printed in the World Cup archives as a milestone in the players' celebrations of their goals.
4- Miroslav Klose’s Flip
During his four World Cup appearances (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) the all-time leading scorer of the German national team in the World Cup, Miroslav Klose, was celebrating his goals with an acrobatic jump.
Despite the fact that Klose is the historical top scorer for the World Cup, scoring 16 goals in 24 matches, not all of his goals were engraved in memory, unlike his acrobatic celebration that remained in the memory of football fans.