In the month leading to the 2014 World Cup final, Rihanna is arguably a soccer fan who has been at most times live-tweeting support of her team favorites during tournament matches. Although she initially had favored Brazil to win the Golden Trophy, her appearance at the World Cup final between Argentina and Germany showed whom she was rooting for.
Inside the Maracana stadium on Sunday, the "Diamonds" singer had a temporary tattoo of the Brazilian flag on her neck and a wristband of the host nation's colors. But the jersey with Germany's black, white and red colors were a dead giveaway that Rihanna was cheering for Deustcheland in the finals, Daily Mail reported.
To her relief, Germany overcame Argentina in a 1-0 upset.
Her flashing during the match has completely upstaged by a controversial photo of her holding the Golden Trophy and receiving a kiss from two German players. The British tabloid said that under FIFA rules, only a World Cup-winning footballer, certain FIFA representatives or a head of state can hold the trophy, and that winners like England's Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge have been forced previously to observe the rules during promotional events in the UK.
On the other hand, Daily Mail said that apart from Rihanna, Germany players' wives, girlfriends and children all took turns holding the coveted award and posing for photos, indicating that FIFA might have relaxed their rules about the 18-carat gold prize.
This would not be the first time FIFA has relaxed its rules about the Golden Trophy. last year, FIFA granted a one-time exception during a special visually-disabled football event in Rio de Janeiro which is also co-sponsored by Coca-Cola.
Coca Cola executive David Campbell had said then of bringing the trophy to the Brazil National Team's training facility, "As we all know, visually disabled people experience the world through touch, so we partnered with FIFA to grant an exception to the FIFA World Cup trophy regulations so these players might "see" the trophy with their own hands for the first time."
