For luck: what omens and rituals do Ronaldo, Messi and other famous footballers believe in?

Do you believe in omens? Can you turn off the road when you encounter a woman with an empty bucket or a black cat? If the answer is no, this article will just make you smile. You will think something from the category: “There are such superstitious people!”. But, who knows if you won’t join their ranks if really important things are at stake. Something like a successful game for a soccer player. Each of us has different ideas about the importance of this or that event, but the mechanisms of the psyche are the same.

Psychologists explain athletes’ superstition in a scientific way. They believe that such rituals are something like an installation for success. They are manipulations that have already become part of the neural connection. Their observance is perceived by the psyche as a guarantor that everything will turn out successfully.

Footballers are very superstitious people. Some of them put their hand on the lawn when entering the field, some put a talisman in their gaiters to bring good luck. We propose to find out what “settings for success” have Ronaldo, Messi and other famous footballers.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Back in the distant 2016, the Portuguese footballer admitted that he is extremely superstitious. Ronaldo always enters the field with his right foot. Perhaps it is the observance of this tradition gives confidence and allows him to do wonders on the field even at 38 years old.

By the way, it was not Ronaldo who invented the ritual. Long before the Portuguese started his career, Ronaldo did it. Then Roberto Carlos repeated it after him.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Karim Benzema

Another star who played at Real Madrid. So, being a footballer of the “Royal Club”, Karim Benzema constantly performed the same ritual. Before each match, he asked the team’s physiotherapist to touch both of his boots. The details of this tradition were revealed in an interview by the doctor himself. “This ritual brings him luck. Always. I don’t do this with other players, only with Karim,” he said.

I wonder if anyone performs such a function at Al-Ittihad, where Karim moved this summer….

Karim Benzema

Neymar

The prize for the cutest and most heartwarming ritual goes to the Brazilian. Neymar is often criticized. For example, for too rambunctious lifestyle, which leads a footballer. Many do not like that he actively covers it in his social networks.

However, those close to the footballer say that he is actually a family guy. Just recently, on October 7, he had his second child. The ritual that Neymar observes before a match is also very family-oriented. Every time the Brazilian calls his father.

Neymar

Luis Suarez

The Uruguayan in one of his old interviews stated that he is quite a superstitious person. This is evidenced by the armband, with which Luis Suarez has not parted for more than one year. A long time ago, when he played for Liverpool, the footballer suffered an injury to his hand, so he had to go on the field with an armband. And it so happened that it was with her he gave a very cool stretch and scored a lot. Many years have passed, Suarez is playing (or rather – finishing) for the Brazilian “Gremio”, and his arm has long been pain-free, but the armband is still with him.

Luis Suarez

Ederson

Manchester City’s main goalkeeper is one of the best goalkeepers in the world at the moment. Guardiola asked to sign a contract with him, because the Brazilian plays perfectly with his feet, which not every goalkeeper can do. However, Ederson himself believes that luck brings him and the whole team… his underwear! Yes, don’t be surprised. In a recent interview, the goalkeeper said that he wears the same underwear for the whole season. Maybe that’s why City finally won the Champions League last season?

Ederson

Iker Casillas

The only man in our top who ended his career. The goalkeeper and Spanish soccer legend also had his own strange tradition. He wore his gaiters inside out for the game. If you look at the photos on the Internet and look closely, you will notice that he did so before every match.

Iker Casillas

Lionel Messi

Even the “alien”, as many call him for his amazing game, has his own special ritual. Although, it would seem, why would Messi need it! He would probably be able to spin the ball just as magically without the boots. But the Argentine has a tradition just as sweet as Neymar’s. His ritual is a family breakfast before the game. In the process, it is important that each of its participants sit strictly in his place. Recall, Lionel is a father of many children. He has three sons.

Lionel Messi