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Call him what you may but Cristiano Ronaldo still means business. While people have often dismissed him as an ageing star and a pale shadow of the player he once was, he has come back again and again to show glimpses of what he can still do on the football field. While the wait for his first goal in this Premier League season was indeed prolonged but when it came, it came in a winning cause and fetched him another feather in his cap.
The goal was Ronaldo's 700th strike of his club career and the way he celebrated surely felt like he had a monkey off his back. He did not go for his iconic "Siii" celebration but instead stood there closed his eyes, rolled his head back and had his fingers crossed in front of his chest.
While the video of the same had gone viral, seems like the new CR7 celebration has also become immensely popular given the stature of the footballer and the reach and popularity that anything he does seems to have. And now it is being reported that during a UEFA Youth league match, a player from Benfica mimicked the new Ronaldo celebration which was an inside self-deprecating joke as per Manchester United.
The youth player played a rapid one-two with his teammate before taking a shot towards the keeper which came back to him on the rebound and he netted a goal before bringing on the celebration.
Check out the video here: