Richarlison won the World Cup's Best Goal award in 2022
On December 23, FIFA announced that Richarlison won the award. The goal of the Brazilian striker in the opening match of Group G against Serbia 2-0 on November 24 received the most votes in the vote on the organization's website.
Richarlison scored the best goal of the World Cup when he received a cross from the left wing of Vinicius in the 73rd minute. After the ball movement, the Tottenham striker threw a hook between the three Serbian defenders. Richarlison was also the author of the remaining goal in the match, opening the score in the 62nd minute.
According to the Sun, Richarlison's table could win more Puskas for Best Table in 2022. FIFA will announce the results during the awards ceremony in early 2023.
Besides two goals against Serbia, at the World Cup, Richarlison also had one goal in the 4-1 win over Korea. This goal is also in the group of 10 candidates for the best goal, next to Mbappe's heart-stopping phase in the France - Poland match and Neymar's goal in the Brazil - Croatia match.
With three goals, Richarlison is the player with the most goals for Brazil at the World Cup. Neymar scored the second most, with two goals. Three players Casemiro, Paqueta and Vinicius all have a goal.
Before the World Cup, Brazil was considered the number one candidate. However, Richarlison and his teammates had to stop in the quarterfinals. In this match, after Neymar's opening goal in 105+1 minutes, Petkovic equalized for Croatia in the 117th minute. In the penalty shootout, the European team won 4-2.
In the semi-finals, Croatia lost 0-3 to Argentina. Modric and his teammates won bronze when they beat Morocco 2-1. Meanwhile, Argentina won the throne when drawing 3-3 with France in 120 minutes of the final and won 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
Richarlison played five seasons in the Premier League, scoring 53 goals in 152 games for Watford and Everton. From the beginning of the 2022-2023 season, the 25-year-old striker has only two goals in 15 matches for Tottenham.
