Since the squeezing of other people’s genitals – at least in football – cannot be classified as various and possible affectionateness, it remains to be understood what this rare (but not so rare) gesture involving Inter striker Thuram as protagonists last night can be ascribed (as the wringer) and Atletico Madrid defender Savic (as the wringer). Poison, hatred, spite, rapture, revenge, frustration, perhaps envy, probably settling scores, but also a flash of genius, inspiration, an impulse to share, perhaps desire, who knows: simple curiosity?
The bad guy Vinnie Jones and the precedent with Gazza
According to the regulations, this is violent conduct, therefore punishable with expulsion and consequent disqualification. But referee Marciniak and Var Kwiatkowski – rather surprisingly – did not consider it as such, despite Savic falling to the ground like a dead body falling and producing a very understandable contortion which – alas – also injured the spectator in front of the TV. Nothing new under the sun, or in the shade of briefs. The most iconic squeeze in the history of football refers to intimate contact between Vinnie Jones and Gazza Gascoigne, in a 1988 challenge between Wimbledon e Newcastle. That nice scoundrel Jones said that before the kick-off he had said to Gazza: “Fat boy, listen to me: today it’s just you and me. I won’t play football, but neither will you.” The threat had its zenith in the grip with which the fearsome Vinnie immobilized Gascoigne, from whom only a shrill sound emerged from his throat, similar to an old door closing.
Thuram touches Savic’s private parts during Atletico-Inter: here’s what happened
Valderrama’s invitation
A few years later – we are in the Spanish La Liga, the year is 1991 – Real Madrid’s attacking midfielder Michel tested the consistency – so to speak – of Valderrama’s genital apparatus. The Colombian – as in a Guccini song – stood, his gaze was sad and his eyes saw things he had never seen. Then the two stared at each other in silence and surprise, like when – getting on the train – you recognize someone at the opposite metro stop. Valderrama, provoked by Michel’s attitude: “If you want to touch me, go ahead”. And the Spaniard seized – oops – the opportunity.
The ‘marking’ of Neqrouz in Inzaghi
In Italy the best known “little touch” is the red light stopper – the Moroccan Negros of Bari – one day he gave a Pippo Inzaghi, at the time (1997) playing for Juventus. Neqrouz approached Pippo from behind, rubbed his body against his opponent’s, stretched out his hand, first on his butt, then moving up, like a shell. “He was running away from me everywhere – he explained some time later – there was no other way to stop him”. What then: there is a bite and a bite. The latter fell to Antonio Reyes. In a Sevilla-Valladolid match in the 2001 La Liga, in the post-goal celebration he embraced his teammate Francisco Gallardo in a male embrace who – oh yes – at a certain point he got caught up in the enthusiasm and taking advantage of the festive uproar, nibbled him exactly there. “I only felt a pinch” admitted the candid Reyes, while a treacherous flush turned red on his face.
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– 2024-03-14 16:44:30
