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France Takes The World Cup At The Prize Distribution Ceremony While Putin Takes The Umbrella

byPramit Chatterjee
16th July 2018
2 minute read

The 2018 football World Cup at Russia has been a roller-coaster ride of sorts. There were interesting games, but the tournament was plagued by major upsets from big teams and a slew of controversies. And if you were expecting for the saying “all’s well that ends well” to be fulfilled, Russian President Vladimir Putin made sure that that didn’t happen also.

As far as World Cup finals go, the match-up between France and Croatia was the best of the 21st century. It was thrilling, well contested and was a moment of redemption for France after the infamous head-butt. However, while the world was expecting it to be remembered for all those things, it was eclipsed by Putin’s umbrella.

Being the host country, it was customary for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be present at the prize distribution ceremony. However, his lack of hospitality stuck out like a sore thumb.

The World Cup final between France and Croatia was considerably clean and the weather largely agreed with the mood of the match. But when it drew to a close, it started to drizzle a bit. And by the time the French arrived to take the gold-plated trophy, it was raining cats and dogs.

Now, while the ecstatic players didn’t mind the rain very much, it would’ve been good if the official dignitaries weren’t left in the rain, right? Well, not according to Putin, who stayed dry and let Emmanuel Macron and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović get drenched. And that obviously didn’t reflect well on Russia and on Putin himself.

Football fans who witnessed this couldn’t help themselves from mocking Vladimir Putin’s love for his umbrella and reacted with memes.

1. She has been the coolest person in the entire World Cup.

2. Not-so-Goodfellas.

3. Is that going to be a new thing now?

4. The catalyst for that equation is ‘sore loser’.

5. Send them some POPY umbrellas then.

6. Pun absolutely intended.

7. No, he’s absolutely not.

8. Perks of having the personal number of the Head of the Weather Department.

9. Wipe that expression off your face!

10. Daisy Shah will be really proud.

11. We can relate to that.

12. This is exactly the conversation that went down.

https://twitter.com/elnathan_john/status/1018548264260591618

Considering Putin’s political career, he isn’t used to losing. So, there’s a slight possibility that that was his form of revenge for his country’s loss at the Quarter-Finals. However, maybe the internet can forgive him because he did bring out some extra umbrellas after everyone was soaking wet.

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