Neymar Performs CS:GO Celebration During World Cup Match Against Mexico
By Nicholas Barth ·
Brazilian superstar Neymar performed a very familiar Counter-Strike: Global Offensive action to celebrate his game winning goal against Mexico in Brazil's 2-0 win in the round of 16 of the 2018 World Cup.
Monday, July 2nd saw Brazil defeat Mexico in the round of 16 in the 2018 World Cup 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup. The exciting match saw Brazilian superstar player and avid Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and fan Neymar score the game winning goal to put Brazil up 1-0 over Mexico.
Scoring a monumental goal in one of the most prestigious sports events in the world, Neymar was extremely excited and decided to celebrate with his teammates by showing off his love for CS:GO with a celebration inspired by the popular first person shooter esports title from Valve.
Gathering his teammates together, Neymar acted out throwing a flashbang grenade at the ground to where the rest of the Brzail national team acted accordingly and tried to block their eyes from the CS:GO flashbang celebration performed by Neymar.
Make sure to call out your flashes, @neymarjr!! https://t.co/pYpDi7AhI5
— CS:GO (@csgo_dev) July 2, 2018
CS:GO and soccer fans quickly took notice of Neymar merging the world of CS:GO and the World Cup together. The attention soon caught the eye of Valve itself, as the developer of Neymar's favorite esports title psoted a warning to Neymar to call out his flashes.
Seeing the popular player celebrating his 2018 World Cup goal against Mexico with a celebration inspired by CSGO is not too surprising, as the star player has openly expressed his passion and fondness of the game in the past. This includes Neymar visiting the former SK Gaming roster back in 2016 to play some matches with the popular CS:GO players.
Today's celebration is not the first time that Neymar has utilized some inspiration from CS:GO, as the talented player once picked up a flag and pretended to use it as an AWP sniper rifle from the first person shooter.
With professional athletes becoming some of the most vocal supporters of video games and esports, it is often not difficult to find an athlete utilizing a celebration inspired from their favorite games.
(cover photo courtesy of NDTV Sports)