Inter Milan‘s Marcus Thuram went ‘full Vinnie Jones’ after showing to seize the privates of Atletico Madrid defender Stefan Savic.
The France worldwide had a second of insanity throughout extra-time of their last-16 Champions League tie after having a tussle with the centre-back, who was pulling his shirt from behind.
Despite wanting ahead, Thuram, 26, seemingly had sufficient of being grabbed by the previous Manchester City star and determined to do some grabbing of his personal, as appeared to take a handful of Savic’s bundle, inflicting the 33-year-old to scream and instantly drop to the bottom, the place he writhed in ache.
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The 26-year-old calmly walked away from his opponent regardless of the weird interplay, which was checked out by VAR with a possible pink card looming over the striker.
Fortunately for the offender, who’s the son of legendary defender Lillian Thuram, he confronted no punishment and was subsequently subbed off – maybe properly with an incensed Savic on the prowl – by Inter Milan supervisor Simone Inzaghi.
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Fans on social media instantly reacted to the stunning antics of the striker with one X (previously often known as Twitter) person writing: “he’s gone full Vinnie Jones” whereas one other mentioned: “that drop to the floor from Savic was way over the top”.
One questioned how Thuram wasn’t proven his marching orders as they commented: How is he not getting pink carded for that?” while another lamented VAR by adding: “VAR took a bathroom break at this very second!”
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The stunning incident reminded followers of the enduring second between Vinnie Jones and Paul Gascoigne the place the Wimbledon legend equally grabbed the privates of the England nice over 35 years in the past.