About
Miguel Herrera’s Goal Reaction refers to the animated celebrations acted out by manager of the Mexico national football team Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre during the group A World Cup soccer match between Croatia and Mexico in June 2014.
Origin
On June 23rd, 2014, a boisterous Herrera was filmed celebrating several times during his team’s game against Croatia, particularly during a late goal scored during the knockout round (shown below).
Precursor
On May 27th, 2013, Redditor chluaid submitted an edited GIF of Herrera turning into a Super Saiyan from Dragonball Z while celebrating a goal made during a match between America and Cruz Azul in 2013 to the /r/gifs[3] subreddit, where it gathered more than 1,100 points and 50 comments prior to being archived.
On May 30th, chluaid uploaded a time lapse video to YouTube showing how the GIF was created (shown below).
Spread
On June 24th, 2014, Redditors arg6531 an michael_j_scofield submitted an animated GIF of Herrera celebrating after the first goal during Mexico’s game against Croatia at the World Cup to the /r/gifs[1] and /r/soccer[2] subreddits, where they gained over 3,500 and 1,900 points in the first 24 hours respectively.
Also on June 24th, 2014, The Huffington Post[4] highlighted several GIFs of Herrera celebrating during the game (shown below). Meanwhile, The Mirror,[5] The Guardian[6] and Bleacher Report[7] posted compilations of photos and animated GIFs of Herrera celebrating soccer goals.
Search Interest
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External References
[1]Reddit – Mexicos Coach Trying to Keep it Cool After Scoring
[2]Reddit – Mexicos Coach Trying to Keep it Cool After First Goal Against Croatia
[3]Reddit – Super Saiyan
[4]The Huffington Post – Mexico Coach Looked Way More Excited Than His Players
[5]The Mirror – The Miguel Herrera gif and tweet collection
[6]The Guardian – Mexico coach Miguel Herrera
[7]Bleacher Report – Miguel Herrera GIF Goes Viral After Mexico