10 most legendary goal celebrations of all time

2. Marco Tardelli - Joy Unbound

Marco Tardelli is on his way....

Football in its purest form is an endeavour to create joy out of thin air, very rarely do we succeed in it - but the endeavour in itself is worth it.

So when Marco Tardelli scored Italy's second goal in the 1982 World Cup final against West Germany... with just 21 minutes to go... he went absolutely crazy. It didn't happen all of a sudden though - he started by simply jogging back up the pitch, but slowly it transitioned to a full-blown meltdown which involved fists pumping wildly, head flailing about even more wildly and tears streaming down his face... it was like he couldn't believe what he had just done... Score. what could be the winning goal. in the world cup final.

It's exactly what any fan would have done if he'd been in Tardelli's shoes... it's the genuineness of the whole thing that makes it so endearingly memorable.

Fabio Grosso performed an ersatz tribute in the 2006 Semifinals (against the same opponent incidentally) and while some have said he was merely imitating Tardelli's famous celebration, we'll give him the benefit of the doubt: he'd just put his country in the World Cup Final for crying out loud!