The strangest, saddest and funniest moments from World Cup 2014

Runners-up: The lone Scot with a tam o’shanter and a saltire stood out, cheering England’s defeat along with the Uruguay fans (Alex Salmond says he has an alibi). On a national level, the Dutch made a virtue of their national colour with wigs of carrots, easyJet cabin crew livery and really bad sunburn. In the celebrity groupie category, Rihanna’s tweets for her “German boyz” were upstaged by Angela Merkel’s sweaty embrace of the national team. Steve RoseThe Golden Feet award for best celebrationIn the absence of any samba football from Brazil, Colombia brought the world salsa football, and showed that hip-swivelling is as much a part of the national game as goal-scoring. Shakira’s work on the team’s set pieces clearly paid off. As well as the choreographed line-dancing moves (it’s a style of salsa known in Colombia as chichoke, apparently), there was a Colombian zombie walk (after Cuadrado’s penalty against Japan), plus solo performances on and off the pitch. They might not have won the World Cup, but the next Strictly is surely Pablo Armero’s for the taking.Runners-up: Mexico’s manager Miguel Herrera flew into a furious, fist-pumping frenzy whenever his team scored, lashing out at bystanders real and imaginary. Ghanaian team-mates followed the strutting-cockerel steps of Asamoah Gyan for a Colombia-style shakedown. Costa Rica’s Joel Campbell put the ball under his shirt and sucked his thumb like, er, a pregnant baby (he’s a father-to-be, so it’s allowed). And the US’s John Brooks was so stunned to score against Ghana he had to go and lie down for a while – in the middle of the pitch. Daniel Sturridge’s amateur body-popping celebration deserves an honourable mention: it might have caught on if the world had seen it more than once. SRThe Golden Tongue award for best quote(theguardian.com)Bakudaily.az