Ronaldo was in hysterics at Tottenham forward Richarlison making Brazil boss Tite do his ‘pigeon dance’ during Brazil’s 4-1 thumping of South Korea on Monday at the Qatar World Cup.
Tottenham’s summer signing netted his third goal of the tournament, and when celebrating, he proceeded to go to the dugout and dance with his teammates and manager, as the South American giants progressed to the quarter-finals.
Brazil great Ronaldo shared that this proves the ‘incredible’ environment they are all in, as they try to reach the goal of becoming champions of the world again for the first time in 20 years.
No pressure because the last crop of Brazilian players to do it were named Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Cafu and Roberto Carlos, to name a few.
That’s the pressure the likes of Richarlison, Vinicius Jr, Neymar Jr and Raphinha are under.
But, so far, that isn’t being shown, as both Ronaldo and Richarlison spoke about what the Spurs man did after he scored against South Korea yesterday, as he told Ronaldo TV.
“A happy thing besides the goal is that you made Tite dance the pigeon,” said Ronaldo.
Richarlison responded: “This is the joy of the team – he is a little stiff (the duo laugh as they re-watch a clip of the Brazil boss dancing).”
Ronaldo then added: “It really shows, and I was talking to Cafu about this, the incredible environment. When we got to the national team, we already had this and then continued it.
“Then we left and someone else continued it. You are being put in that very same environment that’s committed, united and strong.”
RICHARLISON GOING STRONG
Whilst Richarlison will never be a clinical and lethal finisher like Harry Kane, or carry the ball like Vinicius Jr or have the flair of Neymar.
One thing that can’t be denied is his sheer desire, energy and ability to showcase all of those qualities when donning the colours of his country.
He has this tunnel vision to attack the penalty area like it’s the last minutes of the game and ensure he or one of his teammates gets a goal.
That’s why he sings and dances when with Brazil and that’s why he is leading the line for his country on football’s biggest stage.
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