Pep Guardiola’s praise after RB Leipzig – Man City in the Champions League was not for Jérémy Doku (21), but for Rico Lewis, his 18-year-old all-rounder. “The best player I have ever trained,” said Pep. But with his celebration after the 1-3, the Red Devil won the hearts of the young fans, not least on social media. Get to know ‘The Griddy’, which even English analyst Jamie Carragher (45) has already ventured into.
LOOK. “Throw your Bs’ (make glasses)”: this is how you do the Griddy
Coming on as a substitute in minute 72 for Jack Grealish, his rival on the left flank, Doku had a big impact at the Red Bull Arena. After Openda’s equalizer (“together with Doku, the future of Belgian football”, according to the British tabloid ‘Daily Mail’) the match seemed to be heading for a draw. Enter Doku. Assist for Alvarez’s clever 1-2 in minute 84, after which he wonderfully finished an attack via Alvarez (23) in injury time. An express train counter controlled past the German goalkeeper Blaswich. After which Doku celebrated with his now traditional ‘Griddy’ dance. It was also ‘Griddy’ time in West Ham, where Doku scored his first goal for City.
LOOK. Jérémy Doku with assist and goal in Leipzig (1-3)
The ‘inventor’ of the dance is the American teenager Allen ‘Griddy’ Davis, a friend of the famous football player Ja’Marr Chase (Cincinnati Bengals), who always enters the locker room of his American Football team in this way. at school level. After which, in 2018, a Snapchat video of Davis went viral. 24 hours later, the #GetGriddy movement was created and more and more players in colleges in and around New Orleans started the dance. When wide receiver Justin Jefferson used it for the first time in college football to celebrate a touchdown, the ‘Griddy’ only received more attention. Jefferson recently also did the dance in his first game in the National Football League (NFL).
Allan ‘Griddy’ Davis. © rv
Gradually the Griddy also seeped into ‘European’ football. At Chelsea, American striker Pulisic has already done the dance timidly and Anthony Elanga of Manchester United and Jesse Lingard are also fans. But now that Doku is bringing the ‘Griddy’ to the highest stage, his name in particular is associated with the dance in football.
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The Griddy has also made its debut in the gaming world. In FIFA 23 it was a celebration and the Griddy survived the transition to EA FC 24. It’s also a dance in Fortnite.
With the Griddy you tap the ground with the backs of your heels and simultaneously move your arms forward and back. In the next step, you imitate glasses with your hands in front of your face: ‘Throw your Bs’. After which it is important to do that as quickly as possible. This is a piece of cake for Doku, but not so for Jamie Carragher, who has already attempted this together with the English ex-football star and current presenter Alex Scott in Sports Golazo, the popular program around the Champions League on the American CBS. Thierry Henry was not impressed.
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Carragher and Richards also dancing last night
Slightly less trendy, but also striking: Dan Burn’s celebration last night in Newcastle’s sensational 4-1 win against PSG. The defender was invited to the CBS Sports Golazo desk together with Sean Longstaff. Like Burn, Longstaff was a Newcastle fan as a little boy and also scored against the French superpower. And yes, now Carragher started dancing. When Longstaff admitted that TikTok is sometimes watched in the morning in the dressing room of the ‘Magpies’, Carragher and fellow analyst Micah Richards imitated the dance that Burn had already performed several times. Hilarity guaranteed.
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Guardiola: “Rico Lewis one of the best I have ever trained”
“What a player! What a player!” Pep Guardiola was no slouch in his eulogy for Rico Lewis (18), whom he surprisingly dropped into the starting line-up in Leipzig and who emerged as City director from number six. “I have been a coach for 15 years now and at FC Barcelona I have been fortunate to have had some of the best players in the world under my wing. But he is without a doubt one of the very best players I have ever trained. How he finds the space between the lines, how he moves as a controller in midfield,… Moreover, he is very humble. He doesn’t talk much. He hasn’t played much this season, but that will certainly change.” Last season, Lewis impressed at right back when he successfully replaced the injured Kyle Walker.
Rico Lewis scored well in Leipzig. © REUTERS
Finally, Guardiola also indirectly praised Doku. “The boys who came off the bench (in addition to Doku, also Alvarez and Aké, ed.), came on fantastically and had a major contribution. Everyone helped each other. I am very satisfied after such a tough match.”
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2023-10-05 06:35:51
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