Richarlison's scissors against Serbia, chosen as the best goal of the World Cup

A scissor goal from the Brazilian attacker Richarlison, the second of the two he converted in the match against Serbia in the group stage, has been chosen as the best player in the World Cup that was recently held in Qatar thanks to the votes of fans in FIFA survey.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
23 December 2022 Friday 10:31
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Richarlison's scissors against Serbia, chosen as the best goal of the World Cup

A scissor goal from the Brazilian attacker Richarlison, the second of the two he converted in the match against Serbia in the group stage, has been chosen as the best player in the World Cup that was recently held in Qatar thanks to the votes of fans in FIFA survey.

The target in question came in the seventy-third minute, when Richarlison controlled inside the area a delivery from the left side served by Vinicius Jr. and defined at the height of the penalty spot through a scissor shot before which the player could do nothing. goalkeeper Milinkovic-Savic.

That goal, and the one scored by Richarlison earlier in the 62nd minute, gave the Brazilians a 2-0 victory in their tournament debut game and put them on track to advance to the last 16 as top of the group. Brazil would finally end up falling in the quarterfinal round against Croatia in a penalty shootout.

The president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, congratulated Brazilian striker Richarlison on Friday for this recognition: "Congratulations for the nice goal and for the effort in the World Cup," the progressive leader said in a message on Twitter addressed to Richarlison that on January 1st he will assume his third term as head of state of Brazil.

The leader of the Workers' Party (PT), who is passionate about soccer, expressed his confidence that Canarinha will once again aspire to the title in four years. "It was not this time that we won the title but in 4 years you and the team will be back. With a lot of work we will have a stronger Brazil and the stronger team in 2026," he added.

The choice of Richarlison's goal against Serbia as the most beautiful in the World Cup, announced this Friday by FIFA, served in part as consolation to a Brazil that went to Qatar as one of the favorites for the title and was eliminated by Croatia in the quarterfinals. final on penalties.

The popular vote that FIFA organized on its official website consecrated the goal that the English Tottenham Hotspur striker scored as a Chilean in Brazil's 2-0 victory over Serbia in the second group stage match.

In the winning play, Richarlison had his back to goal as he received an assist inside the box, lifted the ball with a touch and turned and jumped to scissor it for his second goal of the game.

The Brazilian forward prevailed in a vote in which goals scored by the Brazilian Neymar, the Argentine Enzo Fernández, the Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar, the Saudi Salem Al-Dawsari, the Dutchman Cody Gakpo, the Mexican Luis Chávez, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and South Korean Paik Seung-Ho.