Friday 26 June 2015

A Bum Deal



Chilean defender and former Premier League star Gonzalo Jara has joined Neymar as the second player to be banned from this year's Copa America - but the two incidents are fairly different, to say the least. 

The Barcelona forward Neymar kicked a ball at Pablo Armero after Brazil's group game defeat to Columbia, headbutted another, and insulted the referee. Jara stuck a finger up Edinson Cavani's rear-end. Cavani received a second yellow card after reacting with the slightest of touches, which obviously floored Jara. The Chilean's club, Mainz, have been so disgruntled by Jara's unique approach to football that they want to get rid of him over the summer. Any offer for a close-marking defender may be limited though. 

Strange as Jara's dismissal to the competition is, he does have previous when it comes to getting hands-on whilst defending - if you can call it defending. In 2013, the former West Brom man seem to grab Luis Suarez' manhood. The incident happened in the box right next to Jara's latest victim Cavani - so maybe the Uruguayan shouldn't be so surprised. 


The Chilean's first target to rub the wrong way was Napoli's hitman Gonzalo Higuain a year prior to what the YouTube video so elegantly entitled: 'Chilean Jara grabs Suarez dick.'  

The incident was uploaded to YouTube by 'Tails More Beautiful' - maybe it was Jara himself? 


Jara's probing is one of a few bizarre occurrences during this summer's South American tournament as other incidents include Arturo Vidal's car crash, Neymar losing it Joey Barton style, Cavani's father's fatal accident with a cyclist, and now Jara just being an odd man himself. 

Can we even blame Sepp Blatter for this one? #kickfingeringoutoffootball

Anyway, I present to you, Gonzalo Jara: 









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