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5. Roger Milla - The Dance that wooed a generation

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The dance that wooed a generation and more

In the 1990 World Cup and Cameroon took the world by storm with scintillating display after colourfully scintillating display - starting with the opening match where they beat Diego Maradona's defending champions Argentina. While packed with talent throughout their side, the talisman of the side was then 38-year-old, Roger Milla.

He himself couldn't believe he was picked for the tournament in the first place and hardly thought he'd play, but when he did he seized on the opportunity to score 4 goals (just one behind golden boot Salvatore Schillaci) but it was his post-goal celebration that really caught the eye - he'd go to the corner flag and embark on a hip-wiggling dance that for so many people around the world epitomised the sheer joy that Cameroon brought to the world of football.

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What made it more beautiful was that it all so spur of the moment -

"It came to me in the moment, in the stadium when I scored that first goal [against Romania]. It was instinct," Milla said. "I couldn't plan it before the tournament because I didn't know if the coach was going to pick me to play, and I didn't know if I was going to score a goal."

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