Woman Put A World Cup Gold Medal In Her Pocket & The Internet Screamed ‘Thief!’

The football World Cup held in Russia finally came to a close yesterday. However, it was a final to remember because the match between France and Croatia felt like a microcosm of the entire tournament. There was a controversial VAR decision, three brilliant goals, a pitch invasion, the Croatian President‘s heart-warming hugs and Putin’s umbrella. However, to top it all off in the most hilarious way possible, viewers think there was a theft at the prize distribution ceremony.

After bringing the World Cup to a close with a 4-2 victory over Croatia, the French team went to receive their prize from Russian President Vladimir Putin. And the footage shows someone performing a sleight of hand with one of the gold medals.

The video that’s been doing the rounds of the internet shows Antoine Griezmann on the podium receiving his medal and then moving on. However, when the camera zooms in, a woman standing behind Putin can be seen putting a medal in her pocket. Twitter user @TheRealCosbo even rewinds the video to show it again.

Now, although there’s no doubt that the woman pockets a medal, it isn’t quite right to accuse someone of theft without knowing the full story. There’s a possibility that it was an extra medal and she was keeping it so that she could return it to the officials later. But try convincing the internet that that could’ve been the case.

You can watch the video here:

The internet exploded with theories about the woman and the gold medal which even involved Vladimir Putin and Harry Kane. Go figure.

1. That’s one way to use the VAR.

https://twitter.com/_mwes/status/1018585695617724417

2. If she’s a Messi fan, she’s forgiven.

https://twitter.com/MeninistSports/status/1018666957468561408

3. Now, why would he do that?

4. This sounds like the opening of an episode of ‘Crime Patrol’.

5. Can we take the “phone your Putin” option?

6. Only in Mother Russia.

7. Probably because it’s made of gold?

8. That’s one dude who deserves it.

9. Welp!

10. We’ve got a lip-reader here!

Considering how this little moment that most of us had probably missed has blown up, FIFA will probably will come up with an explanation about that World Cup medal. But until they do, what’s your verdict on this incident?

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