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15th Nov 2016

WATCH: Jamie Vardy does the mannequin celebration after diving header for England

World class lack of movement

Tom Victor

Plenty of footballers are getting involved in the mannequin challenge these days.

Of course, none of them are going to top Cristiano Ronaldo’s effort when he joined his Portuguese teammates in the social media craze.

But that’s not stopped them trying, and what better place for an England striker to show off his ability to stay absolutely still than in an opposition penalty area.

Jamie Vardy waited until after his diving header – England’s second against Spain – before getting involved.


Vardy showed great movement and athleticism to beat Spain’s defenders to the ball before heading past Pepe Reina.

And he followed it up as only someone doing something of note during the brief period of the mannequin challenge being culturally relevant could.

It was an impressive piece of work from the Leicester City frontman (the goal, not the celebration, well actually both).

But we won’t be truly impressed until an England international follows up a 90th-minute bicycle-kick winner by doing the ice bucket challenge on the penalty spot.

Sorry guys, Vardy just raised the bar for the rest of you.

Meanwhile, England somehow managed to throw away a 2-0 goal lead against the former World Champions in the final minutes of the game.

Iago Aspas, formerly of Liverpool, pulled one back for Spain.

Before Isco scored the equaliser with virtually the final kick of the game.

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