Dani Olmo’s celebration after scoring for Barcelona against Rayo Vallecano explained | OneFootball

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After their encouraging wins against Valencia at Mestalla and against Athletic Club at the Montjuic, FC Barcelona kept up their winning form by again getting the full three points against another difficult Rayo Vallecano side at the Vallecas.

The new signing Dani Olmo was the hero of the night as he came on the pitch in the second half and turned the match around with his contributions. He came close to scoring a banger from a distance, which hit the woodwork, before actually getting on the scoresheet with a great goal in the 82nd minute.

After scoring this goal, Olmo celebrated it with his new teammates, but the most conspicuous piece of celebration was the one he did with Lamine Yamal, as both the players pointed to their wrists in a synchronized fashion after the rest of the team had made its way to the pitch.

SPORT has explained this style of celebration a bit. Dani Olmo has been celebrating his goals in this way for quite some time now, both with RB Leipzig and the Spanish national team. This celebration is called “Dame Time” and is famous because of the NBA player Damian Lillard, who previously played for Portland and currently plays for Milwaukee Bucks.

The American professional basketball player is known for taking scoring shots at decisive moments in matches, after which he celebrates like Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal did last night. Olmo himself confessed that he had taken this celebration from Lillard while speaking to the press after the end of the match last night.

Hopefully, Barcelona fans will get to see this celebration a lot in the coming weeks and months, as Dani Olmo has had a glittering start to life at the Blaugrana club. Up to now, he is the only big arrival on the team this summer, and hopefully, he alone will be enough to lighten up the mood in Barcelona.