Shocking moment: Superfan celebrates ex-Chelsea star’s goal by running naked through the city
JOAO FELIX’s first goal for Barcelona sparked a celebration from one fan by running naked through downtown Lisbon.
The former Chelsea loanee moved to Barca from Atlético Madrid during the summer transfer window.
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On Saturday, coach Xavi handed him his first appearance against Real Betis.
Last week, a fan tweeted the striker saying: “If Joao Felix scores a goal I’ll run naked through the Marques de Pombal roundabout.”
Felix, 23, was confident in his chances and responded to the fan asking him to do so.
The striker then opened the scoring for Barcelona by weaving past goalkeeper Rui Silva and then firing the ball into the net.
With Felix’s goal, the fan kept his promise.
On social media, he called himself Yazor and shared a video of himself stripping down in a car before running around the Marques de Pombal roundabout in Lisbon in sportswear.
He wrote alongside the video: “Felix, you have done your part and I will do mine.”
Felix tweeted the video with a quote and wrote, “Said and did,” followed by three laughing emojis.
The Portuguese star deftly let the ball pass through his legs for Robert Lewandowski to score Barcelona’s second goal.
Xavi’s reigning champions were then thrown into turmoil when Ferran Torres scored from a free-kick before Raphinha and Joao Cancelo added goals.
After the game, the Barca boss raved about his new Portuguese stars Cancelo and Felix.
He said: “We are talking about two players whose individual quality is beyond doubt. You see them training and you see their greatness.”
“Cancelo has a coach (Pep Guardiola) who is the best for me and who interprets everything very well. We spoke to him and he understood.”
“We saw a video with Joao Felix yesterday. Both offer variations that make the team better. Physically they are strong.”
“They increase the quality of the team, which was generally very good.”
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