THE IVORY COAST were crowned African champions of the first time in 23 years last night — defeating Ghana 9-8 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Equatorial Guinea.
Roma winger Gervinho, once of Arsenal, was substituted late in the game and instead of watching the shootout, chose to grab himself a chair and face the opposite direction.
He also appeared to summon the Confederation of African Football crest from his hands on television. https://vine.co/v/OUJT3B6gIrg
Inevitably, several photoshops of Gervinho have surfaced on Twitter over the past 12 hours. Here are some of the best ones:
Gervinho is now on the X Factor panel http://t.co/LJKmApijFh— Itani (@Itani) February 8, 2015
Gervinho is now on the X Factor panel http://t.co/LJKmApijFh
(h/t: Bleacher Report)
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The best photoshops of Gervinho's refusal to watch the AFCON final shootout
THE IVORY COAST were crowned African champions of the first time in 23 years last night — defeating Ghana 9-8 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Equatorial Guinea.
Roma winger Gervinho, once of Arsenal, was substituted late in the game and instead of watching the shootout, chose to grab himself a chair and face the opposite direction.
He also appeared to summon the Confederation of African Football crest from his hands on television.
https://vine.co/v/OUJT3B6gIrg
Inevitably, several photoshops of Gervinho have surfaced on Twitter over the past 12 hours. Here are some of the best ones:
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(h/t: Bleacher Report)
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