Sweden were crowned European U21 Champions on Tuesday night with a penalty shootout win against Portugal.
The podium celebration which the players undertook once they had received the trophy was rather curious.
Oh that's just brilliant. pic.twitter.com/9sFEytQUVt
— Alex Richards (@AA_Richards) June 30, 2015
The celebration has its origins in Sweden's playoff qualification win against France.
Leading on aggregate against France in the two-leg playoff, Sweden conceded a late goal which would have put France through to the finals on away goals.
Goalscorer Layvin Kurzawa chose to celebrate right in the face of a Swedish player with a military-esque salute.
It turned bad for Kurzawa when just a minute later Sweden scored once more to go through 4-3 on aggregate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCMXgNyiSs
After that game against France, the Swedish players ran across the pitch mimicking Kurzawa.
And again last night, they gave him a little reminder of that night back in October.
