Richarlison Receives ‘Goal of the Tournament’ Award for Bicycle Kick Against Serbia in FIFA World Cup

Edited By: Suramya Kaushik

Edited By: Suramya Kaushik

Last Updated: December 25, 2022, 09:31 IST

FIFA World Cup 2022: Brazil’s Richarlison scores an acrobatic objective (AP)

Richarlison’s bicycle kick in opposition to Serbia in FIFA World Cup group stage awarded with the ‘Goal of the Tournament’

FIFA on Friday shared that Richarlison’s bicycle kick in opposition to Serbia has been voted because the objective of the match within the lately concluded World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

Brazil had locked horns with Serbia within the group stage whereby Richarlison’s brace obtained the victory for Brazilians. While making an attempt for the second objective, Richarlison’s again was going through the objective when he used one contact to flick the ball up within the air close to the penalty spot, then circled and leaped off the bottom to ship a spectacular kick into the online. It was an acrobatic present from Richarlison.

This objective caught consideration of soccer followers all over the world and additional obtained chosen because the ‘goal of the tournament.’ Richarlison’s objective due to this fact bettered the likes of Cody Gakpo’s effort in opposition to Ecuador, Enzo Fernandez’s objective in opposition to Mexico, Luis Chavez’s excellent free-kick in opposition to Saudi Arabia, and Kylian Mbappe’s gorgeous strike in opposition to Poland amongst others.

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 After the bulletins, many soccer followers tweeted their reactions to it and in addition wished Richarlison for the achievement. Here’s a take a look at just a few of them

A fan tweeted, “Absolutely good objective. Very effectively deserved, I mentioned it after I noticed it, that this might be one of many high contenders for this award. Gr8 Job Richarlison. ????????????⚽️”

Another user wrote, “It was the most beautiful goal!! Still amazing! He made it look so perfect, the level of skill and natural ability to place a ball like that into the net. This is what football is about!”

A person talked about that it was an “absolute right alternative” to give the award to Richarlison

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While a lot of fans congratulated Richarlison for getting the award but a few fans had a different say to it. Some believed that Saudi Arabia’s Vincent Aboubakar’s goal was a special one and he deserved to win the title.

With this achievement, Richarlison has emulated Maxi Rodriguez, Diego Forlan, James Rodriguez, and Benjamin Pavard. The ‘Goal of the Tournament’ was first awarded in 2006 and is picked by the general public. The FIFA World Cup is now over with Argentina as the winners but quite a lot of players from different teams impressed in the tournament with their skills and power.

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