In terms of sport, 2021 has been a very rich year, notably with the Euro and the Olympic Games. But it’s not just competition in life, there’s also the Internet and its tremendous ability to turn even the smallest event into a meme. And because we’ve had a lot of laughs over the past 12 months, here are our picks of the best memes of the past year.
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“The chulismo is not dead”
2021 ended with an awesome meme of a kid reciting Christophe Josse’s comments to perfection in the round of 16 second leg in 2020 between Liverpool and Atlético de Madrid, after the Colchoneros’ qualifying goal. “The miracle will not be, Liverpool side. CHULISMO IS NOT DEAD. CHULISMO STILL LIVES. CHULISMO. DIEGO SIMEONE!”
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Thierry Henry perplexed
Thierry Henry’s collection of memes continues to grow. Last November, the image of a perplexed Henry listening to the words of Jean-Michel Aulas, following the incident during the match between Lyon and Marseille, went viral. Even when the context does not lend itself to fun, the former striker of the France team always has the reaction to relax the atmosphere.
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Kylian Mbappé is going too fast for Gerard Piqué
PSG taught FC Barcelona a lesson at Camp Nou in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League (4-0). And an image perfectly sums up the Parisian demonstration: Kylian Mbappé much too fast for Gerard Piqué, despite the defender’s shirt pulling. A crazy cliché and an instant meme.
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Kylian Mbappé insults Neymar as a “tramp”
Whether your name is Kylian Mbappé or Jean Bidule, we have all already cracked in front of a teammate who does not pass. But in the case of the first, when this cracking is captured by television cameras, and the teammate in question is called Neymar, the impact is not the same.
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Kylian Mbappé speaks Spanish
“Come on guys! It’s a final for us!” No, neither Cesar Azpilicueta nor Pep Guardiola said these words in Spanish. These two sentences in the language of Cervantes came out of the mouth of… Kylian Mbappé, during the last final of the Coupe de France against AS Monaco. Why ? I do not know.
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Cristiano Ronaldo throws off his captain’s armband
In addition to being mind-blowing, the video of Cristiano Ronaldo exasperated and throwing his armband after a goal refused during Serbia-Portugal (2-2) has the merit of perfectly illustrating what one feels in front of intolerable situations.
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The Wrath of Toto Wolff
At the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, we reached new heights of dramaturgy in the battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, when the two drivers clashed after a communications mess. Mad with rage, Toto Wolff, the boss of the Mercedes team, threw away his helmet, and at the same time gave us a nice meme.
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“BING BONG”
New York and the Knicks have a new tagline: “BING BONG”. It all starts with a video from the media sidetalknyc after the victory against the Celtics to open the season. In a sidewalk microphone showing the joy of the fans, one of them blurted out the words “BING BONG”, which will become the rallying cry of the inhabitants of the Big Apple. Very quickly resumed, it went viral, to the point of ending up in a TikTok at the White House with Joe Biden and the Jonas Brothers.
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Mauro & Wanda Icardi
We end on an extra-sporting note with the setbacks of the couple Mauro and Wanda Icardi. A soap opera worthy of the best soap opera Where TV soaps against a background of separation, adultery and Instagram analyzes.
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