The Fair Play gesture that won the ovation of an entire stadium and is already a candidate for the next The Best awards

Brad Finne, a 27-year-old Norwegian winger, had his moments of splendor, such as when he went through his country’s Under 21 team or when he made the leap to German football (he wore the Cologne jersey) and Denmark. But never like this weekend, and not exactly because of a dazzling overflow or a high-impact goal. It was his sporting spirit that led him to go around the world.

On the occasion of the 2-0 win of the Odd Greenland BK before his team, Fire Bergen, for the Eliteserien, the highest category in Norway, the attacker had the chance to bring the score closer, but chose not to take advantage of a misfortune from his opponent. He launched himself to prevail in a long ball that ran to fight with the defender Sondre Johansenwho in the race felt a muscular discomfort and stopped, leaving the field free for his rival to go towards the goal.

However, Finne surprisingly also slowed down instead of taking advantage of the situation. He kicked the ball away to bring in medical assistance for his opponent and in the stands of the stadium the spectators stood up to applaud him for the Fair Play gesture.

In the networks, the move immediately became viral and many fans immediately nominated him to receive the corresponding award in the next edition of the awards. The Best. In the last edition, in which Lionel Messi won the award for best player, the Georgian footballer Luka Lochoshvili he was awarded the honor for saving the life on the field of a player from the rival team who had fainted and was about to drown. Will it be the turn of the Norwegian Brad Finne at the 2024 gala?

During the week, a similar play had taken place in Argentine soccer: in the victory of San Lorenzo over Boca Juniors 1-0 in the Professional League, Iván Leguizamón disputed with Bruno Valdez a hit from the left flank, the Paraguayan was injured At the same time that the youth accelerated, he reached the bottom and sent the cross that Pol Fernández ended up involuntarily pushing into the back of his fence. Different idiosyncrasy: the Barça fans celebrated it and the Xeneize players did not complain; Neither one nor the other side detected a lack of chivalry, but rather they all experienced it as a natural situation. In Norway they felt it differently.

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