Top 5 Most Respectful Moments in Football
Top Most Respectful Moments in Football (Source: Twitter)
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. This is one of the sports which is played anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches. The sport’s governing body the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimates that at the moment there are approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football.
In 2010, a television audience of more than 26 million watched that year’s FIFA World Cup. Football has produced a lot of great players such as Ronaldhino, Pele, Maradona, Zico, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and many more. Football fans have witnessed a lot of moments where a footballer has shown a respectful gesture or has given a tribute to someone.
Sportsmanship Elevated: The Top 5 Respectful Moments in Football:
5. Paulo Di Canio stops play as the opponent goalkeeper gets injured:
Paolo Di Canio is remembered for his brilliant gesture which he showed during the fixture between West Ham and Everton in the English Premier League back in 2000. With the scores level at 1-1, the West Ham side got a brilliant opportunity for scoring a goal when Everton goalkeeper, Paul Gerrard met with an injury. But instead of heading the cross into the goal, Canio decided to stop the play and caught the cross in his hands. For this, he was awarded FIFA Fair Play Award by Gerrard before the reverse fixture in March 2001.
