This Japanese football team’s Ring-a-roses showed them thinking outside the box

Takagawa Gakuen’s 4-2 win over Star Ridge in the National High School Soccer Tournament took a turn for the unexpected when Takagawa Gakuen won a free kick.

Here’s what happened.

In the history of unorthodox free-kick routines, Ring-a-Ring o Roses is a new one. Bravo, Takagawa Gakuen High School. pic.twitter.com/sQPkqYtPAC

— Dave Phillips (@lovefutebol) December 29, 2021

There’s probably never been a better time to revive a song and dance routine about the plague, to be fair. Tweeters were very well entertained.

Season three of Ted Lasso looks crazy. https://t.co/ucR8gx7HdR

— ben goshorn (@TheSoccerGoose) December 29, 2021

It would seem that the green’n’yellows are better suited to defending a maypole routine @Saund65 https://t.co/SFVPsktomu

— AFCB_Rob 🍒 (@afcb_r0b) December 30, 2021

Nah this is the most hilarious thing ever. Any team that concedes to this must feel so embarrassed, they literally danced around and still scored. https://t.co/NY5zdZHsFG

— ahmed (@UTDTruth) December 29, 2021

If whoever gets promoted next year doesn't do this first game, send them straight back down https://t.co/PyPjz2OCUO

— extremely positive energy (@DoYouEvenMikel) December 29, 2021

In most Premier league games they go straight to the 'atishoo we all fall down' bit.

— Jon Tennison (@jontenuk) December 30, 2021

It seems it wasn’t an entirely original stunt.

the impact the french women's national team against spain in 2017 has had on football cannot be overstated https://t.co/7A4dDPz0hL pic.twitter.com/VCVKCBEnpc

— meg (@frawnts) December 29, 2021

Whoever thought of it – c’est formidable.

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