βQuitting is the devilβs fruit!β: why anime is firing up sports stars
Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke, NFL stars and Olympic athletes are finding inspiration in the charactersβ resilience
The Bournemouth striker Dominic Solanke twice thought he had scored the opening goal against Brentford on 11 May. Each time he wheeled away to celebrate, he put on an orange mask with a spiral pattern and one eyehole before posing in front of the cameras.
The goal was ruled out by VAR but the celebration went viral, as journalists wrote about βmasked mayhemβ and others wondered what this βbizarreβ celebration could mean.
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