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LAST NIGHT, THE Netherlands trounced Spain 5-1 in Brazil. But all the talk was of this incredible diving header by Robin van Persie:
https://vine.co/v/Mj3JwBXgKhW
It created what is likely to become one of the images of the tournament:
Christophe Ena
Christophe Ena
Van Persie was swiftly named The Flying Dutchman. And the internet, needless to say, was not slow to react.
Monday 25 November, 2024
Monday 25 November, 2024
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Robin van Persie's goal sparked an epic online Photoshop battle
LAST NIGHT, THE Netherlands trounced Spain 5-1 in Brazil. But all the talk was of this incredible diving header by Robin van Persie:
https://vine.co/v/Mj3JwBXgKhW
It created what is likely to become one of the images of the tournament:
Van Persie was swiftly named The Flying Dutchman. And the internet, needless to say, was not slow to react.
A giant Photoshop battle began.
It started simply enough:
But rapidly escalated:
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This is our personal favourite:
Let’s just not talk about the landing, eh?
More: Twitter went nuts at a random English model named Marcello after Brazil’s own goal>
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