Richarlison took a consolation prize from the World Cup and in Brazil he also congratulated the president

The fifa had selected ten goals for the World Cup in Qatar 2022including that of Enzo Fernández in Mexico, and this Friday the public he chose the scissor goal from the Brazilian Richarlisonthe second of the braces he scored against Serbia in the group stage, as the most beautiful.

The goal came after 73 minutes, when Richarlison controlled a pass from the left inside the box from Vinicius Jr. and defined at the penalty spot by means of a scissor kick against which goalkeeper Milinkovic Savic could do nothing.

That goal, and one scored by Richarlison early in the 62nd minute, earned the Brazilians a 2-0 win on their tournament opener and put them on track to qualify for the round of 16 as top group winners.

The Tottenham striker, who also had his goal against South Korea among the finalists and had campaigned on social media for his vote, was quickly congratulated by Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

“Congratulations on the beautiful goal and your commitment to the World Cup”he said in a Twitter message addressed to Richarlison, the progressive leader who will assume his third term as Brazil’s head of state on January 1.

In addition, the football-loving Workers’ Party (PT) leader expressed his confidence that Canarinha will once again aspire to the title in four years’ time. “It wasn’t 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 national team in 2026“to desire.

The choice of Richarlison’s goal against Serbia as the best of the World Cup, announced this Friday by FIFA, in part it served as a consolation to a Brazil who went to Qatar as one of the favorites for the title and who were eliminated by Croatia in the quarter-finals on penalties.

In the voting, the Brazilian striker prevailed against the goals of his compatriot Neymar, the Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar, the Saudi Salem Al-Dawsari, the Dutch Cody Gakpo, the Mexican Luis Chávez, the French Kylian Mbappé, the South Korean Paik Seung-Ho and the aforementioned goal by Argentine Enzo Fernández.

The big absentee in the FIFA preselection was Ángel Di María in the final against France. Due to the instance, the rival and the great collective game that put together between Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez, for the subsequent definition of Angelito, that goal deserved at least to enter the top 10. Kylian’s second Mbappe is not in both finals, of great workmanship after a gap that has become unassailable for Dibu Martínez.

Julián Álvarez’s goal against Poland, after a 27-touch play culminating in a great definition from the former River player, Giorgian De Arrascaeta’s volley against Ghana and Casemiro against Real Madrid. Switzerland was also not included in the ten selected by FIFA.

With information from EFE