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Street Soccer Legend Disguised as Old Man Wows Crowd
(Originally Appeared at Yahoo and Yahoo Sports.)
-By Alex Baker
In the soccer world’s take on Kyrie Irving’s Uncle Drew character,
street soccer champion Sean Garnier recently disguised himself as an old man
and barged his way into a five-a-side pick-up game in Mexico.
In the video, Garnier, who spent five hours getting
into makeup, appears to struggle at first, allowing himself to be beaten and
dispossessed by several opposing players. Then suddenly the Frenchman, who in
his makeup resembles a leaner version of Spain coach Vicente del Bosque, begins
to turn on the skills; trapping the ball with ease, nutmegging his opponents,
performing rainbow flicks, and other belief-defying dribbles to the crowd's
amazement.
The real coup de grace comes when he depants an
opposing defender just before lashing in a goal. By that point, even the
bewildered players who thought they were just in for a game of pick-up and got
more than they bargained for, can’t help but applauding. The stunt was done as
a promotion for the Mexican department store chain Coppel.
If you’d like to see more of Sean Garnier, check
out this video of him matching skills with Neymar.
Alex Baker at Social Media Today
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
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