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Brazilian commentator does pigeon noises as Richarlison celebrates against Cameroon

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Richarlison scored the only goal of the game in Brazils defeat of Cameroon (Picture: Getty)

Everton fans have quickly become accustomed to Richarlisons fabulous pigeon celebration and Brazilian forward got the chance to strut his stuff on the international stage versus Cameroon.

Eyebrows were raised when Everton shelled out £50million on Richarlison in the summer but the former Watford star has lived up to the price tag, scoring six goals in his opening 11 appearances for the Toffees.

Richarlisons Premier League form saw him rewarded with a call-up to the Brazil national team back in August and the 21-year-old scored a brace on his full debut for Tites side against El Salvador.

This is when Brazilian fans got their first taste of Richarlisons pigeon dance and his idol, Neymar, even joined in with the celebration.

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And when Richarlison scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Cameroon on Tuesday night, the commentator began cooing like a pigeon – because why not?

Take note, Martin Tyler…

Explaining the celebration following his move to Goodison Park, Richarlison said: The pigeon dance came from a group from Rio de Janeiro who had a song in around 2012.

A trend was started when I did the dance at home. Everyone started copying me.

I think Ive helped the bands profile grow because of that. I am hoping to score goals and do the dance I promised, the pigeon dance.

Richarlison scored with his head in the final minute of the first half (Picture: Getty)

Brazil manager Tite heaped praise on Richarlison after his goal turned out to be the winner against Cameroon.

I was not surprised by Richarlisons performance. What I saw today was the continuation of him always coming on and playing well for Brazil, Tite said.

In his first game, he really impressed with his incision and his finishing, both his head and on the floor.

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Ive also seen him play on the wing for Brazil and play really well and because of his qualities in training, we can also imagine him playing as a second striker as well.

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Hes someone whos really impressed me since coming into the team.

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