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Goals and gestures – that's what fans remember decades later from such a tournament. Seen in this light, Ellen White can definitely become a defining figure in this World Cup. The English striker scored in the third and final group match against Japan already their second and third World Cup goal. And with their particular kind of cheering, they triggered guesswork among the audience.
So also in the 16th minute of play in the third group match against Japan, as teammate Georgia Standway under great hardship played a fine pass in the alley. White started just right, was faster than her opponent Nana Ichise and loped the ball past the outgoing goalkeeper Ayaka Yamashita in the far corner to the lead.
White: "I love German football"
Then she formed a pair of glasses with forefinger and thumb of both hands, which she held in front of her eyes. Why this? "This is the jubilation of one of my favorite players," White had already declared two years ago, when they scored the winner in the She-Believes Cup against the United States and showed for the first time this cheering. "My husband and I love German football and the atmosphere in the stadiums, and I started to cheer like my favorite player, Modeste, and can not stop doing that."
In Germany, this jubilation is well known. Anthony Modeste showed the bespectacled smiley during his two Bundesliga years at 1. FC Köln exactly 40 times – in only 68 games. The Frenchman loves emoticons in messenger messages and came up with the idea. After a very short trip to China, he returned in October last year back to the former second division. From next season he will be back in Germany's highest division. White will be very happy.
Meeting at Geißbockheim
Both, Modeste and White, know each other. England's best player in 2011 and 2018 was only a few weeks ago in Cologne and watched the training at Geißbockheim. A souvenir photo made the two too. Opposite the Bild newspaper, the Frenchman recently said: "I'm glad that Ellen makes my jubilation, especially at a World Cup."
In the game against Japan White showed again shortly before the end of the game, the bespectacled smiley face. This time, Karen put Carney on White, who met again from the left edge of the box, this time with a low shot, in the short corner (86.) And so the 2-0 (1-0) success secured by a double. Thanks to her, the English team around coach Phil Neville confidently enter the last 16 after three games and three Group D wins. And White wants to cheer again – à la Modeste.
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