Dele Alli is one of the stars of a new-look England side that knows how to enjoy their success and the youngster from Milton Keynes showed off some dance moves on Saturday after scoring for England against Sweden.
The Tottenham player, who loves to break into a jig, did the ‘Fortnite’ inspired dance after scoring from a header to double England’s lead in Samara in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Alli headed in from a beautifully chipped Jesse Lingard ball to put England 2-0 ahead, that ultimately turned out to be the last goal of the match as the Three Lions moved into the semis of the tournament for the first time in 28 years.
The 22-year-old powered the ball past Swedish goalkeeper Robin Olsen into the back of the net and ran towards the crowd to celebrate. The attacking-midfielder then started to swing his arms above his head a move very similar to player-favourite game Fortnite. He was joined by his other teammates but Lingard, who himself knows a thing or two about shaking a leg, also danced along with the Spurs man.
This isn’t the first time Alli has celebrated his goal against Watford in May with a Fortnite dance. He also did the ‘Floss’ after scoring against Manchester United at the Wembley in a FA Cup fixture.
Earlier in the tournament, Lingard also performed a Fortnite-inspired celebration after scoring a stunner against Panama in the group stages. Antoine Greizmann also performed it after scoring earlier in the tournament. The French forward performed the Fortnite dance or ‘Take the L’ as it is called popularly after scoring against Argentina in Kazan.
This dance regime has been a popular thing for the French forward as he keeps doing that every time he scores for his club side Atletico Madrid as well. The 27-year-old used to do the ‘Hotline Bling’ celebration before moving on to the Fortnite dance. His ‘Hotline Bling’ dance was inspired from Drake’s Pop hit song ‘Hotline Bling’