David Clifford penalty clip goes viral with 24 million views

A video of David Clifford's penalty during Kerry's All-Ireland semi-final victory over Dublin has gone viral with over 24 million views at the time of writing.

An X user shared a clip of the penalty, which was saved before Clifford caught the rebound and fired it into the back of the net.

The caption included a World Cup joke: "If Argentina get a penalty on Wednesday."

The reference relates to England's World Cup semi-final clash against bitter rivals Argentina on Wednesday night. It compared Clifford's catch to Diego Maradona's infamous 'hand of God' goal which knocked England out of the 1986 World Cup.

While the joke is about football, the clip is brilliant explosure for Gaelic Football and the GAA.

While GAA fans would argue it was a bad penalty, the clip's 24.1 million views are certainly not bad for the sport.

Some football fans had evidently never heard of GAA before the Clifford video.

"Bro, what is this sport," one wrote. "Gaelic football looks like a sport that would be going on in my dreams or something," said another.

"Huh? What sport is this?" another X user asked.

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