Punekars gear up to support their FIFA team with identical hairdos

The first of the semifinals is just a day away and Punes football fans are all geared up to support their favourite teams and players This time though the support has gone beyond flaunting their favourite team jerseys or raising slogans as Punekars are queuing up outside salons and hair parlours to get a hairdo like their favourite football starsNeymar sported a golden hairstyleduring the World Cup PicAFPSo when IT professional Vishnu Mohadik got a hairstyle similar to the German team who have made their way into the semifinals for for a second consecutive time it was all about football ldquoMy favourite team is Germany and so I had recently done a hair style like them my favourite player is Oliver Kahn from Germanyrdquo he saysCristiano Ronaldo sported a scar cut in his match against USA in the first stage of the World CupBhavana Sharma head of Head to Toes a unisex salon in the city said ldquoThere are a lot of guys from young kids to grown ups who come here for the FIFA hair cut Among all the FIFA haircuts the undercut is the most famous among Punekars Itrsquos low maintenance also and is perfect for the weatherrdquoThe Undercut as sported here by eightyearold Archit GhoklaeThe tournament so far has not only been about goals surprising results and breathtaking skills but also of some of the wackiest and most outrageous hairstyles in sports One can just name a hairstyle and at least one player is certain to have had it mdash rat tails dreadlocks braids bleached blond outlandish sidepartings etc are in fashionTake Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal for example he was spotted with three different hairstyles in three matches or Brazilrsquos Neymar and his golden blonde hairstyle In fact according to Google Neymarrsquos hair remained most popular followed by Ronaldo and David LuizNo doubt then despite that Portugal was shown the door way early in the competition Ronaldorsquos zigzag hairstyle that he sported during the match against USA continues to win fans Eightyearold Archit Ghoklae who is a big fan of Ronaldo continues to flaunt a hairstyle similar to the Portuguese sporting star even nowGhoklaersquos love for the game continues as he has been watching every game in the tournament ldquoI love to see football matches and World Cup is my favourite tournament so I have done the hair style just to look cool and enjoy the matches morerdquo he saysAnmeya Kulkarni a third year student at FC College has got a hair cut as a tribute to his favourite team Brazil also the host of the world cup ldquoBrazil is my favourite team So I have done a side cut that looks cool and I enjoy the new look a lotrdquo says KulkarniThe love for World Cup hairstyles however is not limited to boys alone as Sharma says that girls are also opting for similar hairdos ldquoEven girls now want to have different hair styles for FIFA as that looks cool according to them This hairstyle requires less maintenance and so people like it a lot Boys donrsquot go for colouring but girls do that a lotrdquo she adds