Overview
- Wasem Al-Ali, 9, of VfR Heisfelde decided an indoor tournament final 1–0 against ESC Geestemünde with a Cristiano Ronaldo–style bicycle kick.
- The moment was filmed by trainer Jan-Niklas Eickels’s partner, Nathalie Pauls, whose post propelled the clip from local attention to national coverage.
- Coach Eickels said spectators leapt as if a star had scored and called the goal a rare sight, expressing pride in his young player.
- Al-Ali says he practiced the move for a year, learned it from his father, comes from Syria, and names Cristiano Ronaldo as his favorite player.
- Coverage attributes the reported nomination to local sourcing, with no independent confirmation from the association cited in these reports.