In the euphoria after a goal, the players often run out of the marked field. But not all. news has seen through the celebrations of Argentina and Portugal and a total of six times during the World Cup, all but one of the outfield players have been off the pitch. Portugal has also had three cases where all the outfield players initially cheered off the field, but then one player quickly ran back onto the field. Most recently, in the quarter-final between Argentina and the Netherlands, the celebration move was carried out. After Lionel Messi’s 2-0 goal, nine of Argentina’s players celebrated inside the billboards. The only Argentine outfielder left on the field was Marcos Acuña. He was left alone inside the 16-metre area. Watch video here: In connection with the goal, you could also see that centre-back Nicolás Otamendi pointed backwards towards Acuña, apparently to tell him to stay on the field. POINTER: Otamendi (left) appeared to send a message back to Acuña. Photo: KAI PFAFFENBACH / Reuters In the matches against Poland and Mexico, there was a similar move. Against Mexico, Lisandro Martínez was left lying on the pitch, around 30 meters from the goal, after Messi’s 1-0 goal. Rodrigo De Paul and Acuña were among those who arrived last for the celebration, which took place off the pitch. De Paul was the first to go back on the field after a hug with Acuña. Then he saw Martínez, pointed at him and went to celebrate with his teammates. When Alexis Mac Allister scored the first goal in the match against Poland, it was again De Paul who stopped. While the rest of the outfielders celebrated outside the field, he stood alone outside. ON THE FIELD: Rodrigo De Paul stood alone a few meters from his teammates for several seconds. Photo: Skjermdump / news Run out on the field again For Portugal, it is the two Manchester City players Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias who have worked as a radar pair. The three times all the outfielders were off the pitch, Silva took action. The midfielder has quickly made his way out of the cluster and back onto the pitch. There he has barely stood on the field, while he has watched his teammates. Silva has also been left on the pitch once. Dias has done the same thing twice. The TV images have also shown that Dias has pointed out to Silva, to make sure that his team-mate stays on the pitch. But why? The regulations: Doesn’t matter – I don’t know if it’s a rule or what? I think the reason is that you should not be able to continue with the game without us being back on the field, said Portugal’s João Félix to news last week. However, the kick-off rules state that “all players, except the player who takes the kick-off, must be in their own half of the pitch”. This is written by football’s international legal committee (Ifab). But what if the players are not on the field at all? The question has itself been highlighted by Ifab as a frequently asked question on their website. The bottom line is absolutely clear: It has nothing to say. FOOT ON THE PITCH: Bernardo Silva made sure to keep his foot inside the marked area after Portugal’s penalty against Uruguay in the group stage. Photo: Darko Vojinovic / AP Referee chief in the Norwegian Football Association, Terje Hauge, is unsure why Silva and Dias still do it. To news, he suggests, among other things, that it may be so that a player can have an overview. – It may be that in Portugal there are some guidelines that have not been implemented in Fifa, and the players automatically take it into the championship, he further suggests. Portugal’s World Cup celebrations Portugal scored twelve goals in the World Cup, and six of them are worth noting. In the first group stage match against Ghana, all the players were off the pitch as Portugal scored 2-1. Bernardo Silva then broke free from the cluster and lined up just inside the pitch. As Portugal went up 3-1, Rúben Dias stayed on the pitch throughout the celebrations. The centre-back stood close to the dead line and waited for his teammates to come out again. Against Uruguay, all the Portuguese outfield players were again off the field after the 1-0 goal. Again, Silva spotted it and ran back onto the pitch. On the 2-0 score in extra time, Silva was left standing on the touchline, after Dias pointed behind him to stay out. In the round of 16 against Switzerland, there was a similar pattern to the first two scores. Again, Silva ran back onto the pitch after the 1-0 score, while Dias stayed just inside the pitch for the 2-0 goal. Did the same in 2018 Also during the WC in Russia four years ago, holidays became a topic. Portugal centre-back José Fonté made sure to stay on the pitch as the other outfield players celebrated Cristiano Ronaldo’s 3-3 goal in the closing minutes against Spain. Kieran Trippier was left alone when Harry Kane decided England’s game against Tunisia in extra time in 2018. According to Metro, England themselves tried to take a quick kick-off in the semi-final against Croatia. Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard were then quickly called off.
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