Remember when Paulo Costa made the whole world chant his name?
man that lisbon night in the europa league when costa landed that knee and the dressing room just exploded like someone had turned up the bass to eleven. the camera panned round and you could see these old croats in the away corner just going *what the hell did we just see* with their faces, and then our lads sprinting across the pitch because nobody had told them the fight was technically over yet. pure theatre but we lived for it.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Me? I was up in the gods with my mates screaming like banshees when it happened, like the roof was gonna blow off! The way that knee JUST CONNECTED—😱 I swear my heart stopped for a second then BOOM goes the place into absolute CARNIVAL mode! 🔥💪 Could see Costa’s corner losing their sh*t on the big screen cos they’d just watched their boys get turned into kebabs live on feed. I’m not religious but that night I thanked the football gods proper 🙌
Heart with the team, head on pause.
ever gotten goosebumps just looking at the bench after one of his walks? remember that Lisbon night wasn’t just the knee—after the ref stopped it the whole bench was on their feet like they’d been stung by bees, and then we all saw the replay on the big screen back in the locker room and every single lad started laughing like drunk schoolboys because Costa just turned to his corner and went "you good?" with this deadpan stare like he’d just served tea. the camera cut to their coach with his face halfway between shock and dismay—guy looked like he’d just seen a ghost in a suit. 😂 straight out of a b-grade movie but with a portuguese accent and zero apologies.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
man that knee was so sick the camera guy’s tripod nearly shook apart cos his hands were still trembling from it 😂 next day at training Costa just winked at us when someone brought it up and my lad got so hyped he tripped over his own boots trying to throw a shadow kick
Hold my pint.