Why did PSG players wear ski goggles after their Champions League win? | OneFootball

Shortly after 21:00 in Budapest, there was no snow at Puskas Arena. Yet PSG’s celebrations saw Désiré Doué, Ibrahim Mbaye and Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia pulling on ski goggles after a 1-1 draw and a 4-3 win on penalties over Arsenal.

According to L'Équipe, the look is a US-born trend with a practical use, rooted in Major League Baseball locker rooms alongside champagne or beer showers dating back to the 1950s.

In 1986 New York Mets pitcher Bobby Ojeda wore swimming goggles to celebrate the World Series. In 2004 the Boston Red Sox did likewise, shielding eyes from champagne and flying corks. No one, least of all Doué or Mbaye, wants an eye problem that could endanger a World Cup.

The ritual spread across American sport, from the NBA to the WNBA, before crossing the Atlantic. The United States women used goggles in the Lyon dressing room after winning the 2019 World Cup.

More recently, Union Bordeaux-Bègles prop Ben Tameifuna adopted the look after the club’s European title in 2025.

Purists still quibble over authorship, some crediting David Ortiz, others Orlando Cabrera. What is clear is that Luis Enrique’s players have given the custom fresh momentum, and it could resurface on 19 July at New York’s MetLife Stadium after the World Cup final.

Source: L'Équipe