Soccer Player Ibou Konaté Celebrates Goals in Anime Style
Anime's emergence in the mainstream in the latter stages of the 2010s going into the 2020s has been an interesting development in global popular culture. Nowadays, people of interest in various fields talk a lot about their love for the medium, so the overlap between interests once seen as contrary to or completely different from anime is increasing.
Sports fans and athletes themselves have gravitated towards anime, particularly shonen anime, for some of its values concerning self-belief, discipline and community, but this Liverpool soccer player has taken his love for anime to the pitch with his anime-styled goal celebrations!
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Ibrahima «Ibou» Konate is Liverpool's jersey number 5, his position being centre-back. This defensive role obviously doesn't see as many opportunities to score as some other outfield positions, so when one does it's definitely a treat, but this Liverpool man elevates that by celebrating his goals with clear nods to some of his favourite anime and manga. Recently, the player's sharpshooting has earned Liverpool F.C. a place in the FA Cup Final. The Parisian soccer player opened scoring for Liverpool in the April 16th 4-0 thumping of Manchester United at Wembley, celebrating his headed goal with the iconic fist-over-heart salute from Attack on Titan. The 22-year-old soccer player later shared images of his goal celebration to social media platforms like Twitter, where he captioned the pictures «Shinzou wo Sasageyo» («Dedicate your heart»), the iconic phrase from Attack on Titan that often accompanies the salute. He also expressed his pleasure at Liverpool's advancement in to the final with a GIF of Dragon Ball Super's Son Goku transforming into his Super Saiyan
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