Meme selection: g1 lists and evaluates the viral World Cup so far

g1 remembers the best and worst memes of the World Cup
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With the World Cup entering the final stretch, g1 takes advantage of the day without games to look in the rearview mirror and make a selection of the memes that have marked the competition so far.
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The best memes
1 - Vozinha
The protagonism of Cape Verde's goalkeeper, Vozinha, was surprising and really caught the internet's attention in the Cape Verdean team's games.
In the team's first match in the tournament, Vozinha was mainly responsible for the draw with Spain, one of the favorites for the title.
The memes made the list of the best because they reinforced the player's brilliant performance and the determination of the team that was eliminated by Argentina in the round of 32, in a fierce game.
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2 - The Mexican duck
Duck wearing a Mexico shirt draws attention
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Mexico, one of the three host countries of this World Cup, gave a show of reception and fan involvement. One of the symbols of this festival was the Mexican duck.
On the opening day of the tournament in the country, a fan duck caught attention and ended up becoming a symbol of the team. Merlin's success was so great that he was received by the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, during a press conference.
This one is on the list of the best because, let's face it, he's a duck wearing a Mexican shirt who met the president.
3 - Belgium's victory dance
The game between the United States and Belgium was already surrounded by controversy before it even started. One of the players from the North American team, Folarin Balogun, who was due to serve a suspension after receiving a red card in the previous game, was able to enter the field.
This occurred because FIFA annulled the effects of the red card following a request from President Donald Trump. Belgium challenged the decision, but the entity rejected the appeal.
Unhappy with the decision, the Belgian players performed a dance after the 4-1 victory over the North Americans. Internet users associated the movements with a characteristic dance of Trump.
This one is among the best because the team overcame what they considered an injustice and even made a good-natured provocation to the president of the opposing country.
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4 - Ancelotti x Endrick
From Brazil's first to the last game at the World Cup, social networks were taken over by jokes about the supposed resistance of the national team coach, Carlo Ancelotti, in putting the number 19, Endrick, in field.
The meme is on the best list due to its creativity and the proportion it took. Even a European airline got in on the fun.
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The worst memes
1 - The 'piti' of the Japanese fan
When Brazil still dreamed of becoming hexa, a Japanese fan was caught giving a 'piti' after the Brazilian team's victory over Japan, in the round of 32.
He was wearing the Japanese team's shirt, was surrounded by Brazilian fans and wrapped in a Brazilian flag while shouting, crying and threatening to tear off his shirt.
The video went viral on social media and generated a wave of memes on the Brazilian internet. But the scene was nothing more than an act by the Japanese streamer and influencer known as Gamix.
This one makes the list of the worst because it was staged and very forced.


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2 - Jokes with Wilton Pereira Sampaio's English
Brazilian referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio gives a red card during the opening game of the World Cup (Mexico x South Africa)
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Right at the start of the World Cup, before the Brazilian team even played, Brazil was already trending topics. This is because Brazilian referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio went viral on the networks during the opening game of the World Cup (Mexico x South Africa), when he announced, in English, the expulsion of a South African athlete.
The players' incomprehension faces drew attention and generated several jokes.
➡ At the time, g1 wrote an article explaining that the echo in the stadium, the strong Brazilian accent (especially in the pronunciation of the "r") and the formulation of the sentence with loose words hampered the judge's communication. Read it here.
This one is on the worst list because some jokes went too far and making fun of someone or making someone look inferior because of a linguistic difficulty is not cool.
3 - The Viking row and 'As Branquelas'
(Now our enemy) Norway was also a viral topic on social media. Norwegian fans and athletes adopted the Viking row as a symbol in this World Cup.
The moment consists of the synchronicity of the rowing gesture followed by the word "Ro!" (rowing). The tradition was even carried out on escalators and in parliament in Norway.
In another viral moment, days before facing Brazil (and dismantle the team with two goals), the team's star Erling Haaland commented in a meme that recreated a scene from the movie "The White Girls" but with him and the Brazilian player Vini Jr. in the lead. responded to the Norwegian's comment with just an enthusiastic "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH".
These two Norwegian moments are on the list of the worst because we are spiteful and hexa's deferred dream still hurts here.

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