Brazil boss Tite sends fans wild by joining in Richarlison celebration

World Cup 2022 briefing: Day 16

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Fans enjoyed the celebration of Richarlison’s goal in Brazil’s World Cup tie with South Korea as much as the strike, after head coach Tite joined in for the Tottenham forward’s iconic pigeon celebration. The striker scored his nation’s third goal after juggling the ball on his head before finishing past the goalkeeper.

The team were jubliant as Richarlison ran to the sideline to celebrate with his coach, as he and the squad all performed the celebration seen several times in the Premier League. Viewers were delighted, and many said only Tite would be seen so happy on the touchline.

ITV co-commentator Ally McCoist claimed the squad will have practiced the celebration in the build-up to the game. “They’ve been working on that,” McCoist said. “They must have been fairly confident they were going to score this evening.

“You could just see the whole thing unfold. That was majestic. Everything right up to the finish, Casemiro’s ball, as simple as it was with his left foot out to [Lucas] Paqueta, excellent ball. From there, everything just seemed to flow. Beautiful team goal. I don’t think we’ll see a better team goal.”

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Fans took to social media to express their delight at the coach joining in with the rest of the team. “Richarlison has Tite dancing in the first half of a World Cup round of 16 game. Good luck to anybody dealing with this Brazil team,” one viewer tweeted.

Another fan was very complimentary of the Spurs man. “Richarlison’s vibes are unmatched,” they wrote. “He told Tite that he’ll need to do his pigeon dance with him if he scores and he actually went and pulled him up on it.”

Though not everyone was pleased by the scenes in Qatar, as SportItalia correspondent and journalist Tancredi Palmeri disagreed with the decision. “Wait what? Tite doing pigeon dancing or with Richarlison for goal celebration on 3-0?!” He wrote. “Mmh not good, manager should have different attitude, those things normally are a boomerang.”

Vinicius Jr gave Brazil the lead after finishing well following Raphinha’s skill, before Neymar doubled the advantage from the penalty spot after Richarlison won a penalty.

Richarlison juggled the ball on his head before getting his nation’s third, and then Paqueta got his side’s fourth in the first half with a powerful stike.

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