Cincinnati went to Spain for a football game on Sunday and ended up putting on a full bullfight.

Early in the Bengals' 34-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Joe Burrow found Ja'Marr Chase for a 47-yard touchdown. Chase did not spike the ball or dance. He planted his feet in the end zone and held an imaginary cape out to his side like a matador.

Tee Higgins knew his part. He put his hands on top of his helmet like a pair of horns, lowered his head and charged right past the cape. The crowd in Madrid did exactly what it would do at the real thing. Thousands of people roared ole.

A friend's tip paid off

Chase said afterward that a buddy back home gave him the idea. The friend told him bullfighting was a big deal in Madrid right now and promised the fans would shout ole if he pulled it off. Chase said the whole point was to get the crowd involved. It worked about as well as a 47-yard touchdown can.

Higgins admitted the plan came together late. He had first asked Burrow about borrowing a famous soccer celebration. Burrow ended up using a soccer-style move himself after a rushing score. Chase overruled the rest of the room and said let's do the bull thing.

The ball that made a kid's year

The best moment of the day might have come after Higgins scored the 50th touchdown of his career in the second quarter. Instead of keeping the milestone ball he walked it over and handed it to 11-year-old Jackson Pohl, a young Bengals fan on a family trip. The boy's eyes went about as wide as the stadium.

His dad was stuck in a food line when he heard the roar and turned around. He later thanked Higgins for a memory the family will never forget. The ball came off a pass from Burrow too, the boy's favorite quarterback.

Higgins also said this was the first trip across the Atlantic for his whole family. His favorite off-field moment was watching the sunset at an ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of the city. Chase walked the streets with his parents hunting for food as good as home in New Orleans. Everybody went home happy except the Falcons.