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- It’s been revealed that Brazilian soccer star Marcelo was demoted from Lyon’s first team to the B-squad after he ripped heinous farts in the locker room
- Adding insult to injury, he ripped disgusting farts and laughed about it which led the team’s Sporting Director Juninho to fire him after reminding Marcelo of his poor performances
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In terms of ‘memorable ways to get fired’ I’m having trouble thinking of another professional athlete who has ever been fired for anything like this. It has been revealed that Brazilian soccer star Marcelo (Marcelo Antônio Guedes Filho) was fired from Olympique Lyonnais, commonly known as Lyon or OL, for ripping heinous farts in the locker room and laughing about it.
Prior to being demoted to the second team, Marcelo had appeared in 11 games for Lyon in Ligue 1 and scored 3 goals in his limited appearances. In the wake of this explosive fart scandal, it’s being reported that Lyon’s sporting director Juninho Pernambucano (a fellow Brazilian) didn’t like Marcelo and used Fartgate as an opportunity to oust him from the team.
The gist of Marcelo’s juicy fart scandal is this: he was ripping stanky toots in the locker room and giggling about it with teammates. And the team’s leadership used that as an opportunity to approach him and remind him that his performances in games had been as trashy as his rectal emissions. Now, the entire soccer world is laughing about Marcelo getting fired for farting with thousands of tweets about it.
Soccer Player Demoted To B-Squad After Ripping Heinous Farts In The Locker Room That Angered Everyone
🚨 Marcelo was permanently removed from the Lyon squad for farting in the locker room and laughing about it with his teammates.
Juninho, who did not like him, decided to take the opportunity to remind him of his poor performances on the pitch and fired him.
(Source: L’Equipe) pic.twitter.com/qMtFv7KLNR
— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) May 10, 2022
Brazilian defender Marcelo was dropped from Lyon due to continuous farting and laughing in the dressing room, sources have told ESPN.https://t.co/LlsglsTl3I pic.twitter.com/NA2Jt0IlMa
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 10, 2022
Marcelo is currently on contract with another Ligue 1 team, Bordeaux, throughout the 2021/22 season but has yet to feature in a game for them. Let’s see what soccer fans are saying about this farting story, shall we?
Best Tweets From Soccer Fans About French Farting Scandal
Can’t stop laughing 😂🤣 just cos someone farted in the midst of his fellow man and then laughs about it with his teammates then he gets fired it’s as though that manager has a personal grudge with the player 🙄🙄
— Yusuf (@yusufmustapha_) May 10, 2022
Manager trying to hold breath after Marcelo's Boom fart pic.twitter.com/R7QyjFqf7s
— Sive❄ (@Sive_Ntsho123) May 10, 2022
— Francis💙 (@FrancisBoahen18) May 10, 2022
Juninho waiting for Marcelo to fuck up: pic.twitter.com/uqDiyb2hTA
— Twahatelli (@Tw__ha) May 10, 2022
I’d understand an Uber driver giving Marcelo a 2 or 3-star rating for ripping farts so stank they peel paint. But getting fired from a job for farting in the locker room is perhaps the funniest way a pro athlete has ever lost his or her job.
He tried to gas them up? pic.twitter.com/Grey7QnAXF
— PedriestaR💫 (@damzo_official) May 10, 2022
Best take yet:
No way Marcelo has a bigger legacy in Ligue 1 with a fart than messi
— Goated (@Khaleddinho) May 10, 2022
For real, what’s this man supposed to tell his family? His entire legacy as a professional soccer player will now be forever tied to getting fired for farting in the locker room…
– How did you end your career grandpa?
– *Marcelo farts* https://t.co/N4FWgTVJHk— J ⚫⚪ (@JuventinoBW) May 10, 2022
What. A. Story.
If you don’t love sports for producing stories like Brazil’s Marcelo getting fired for farting then I’m left with no choice but to assume you and I have nothing in common because this is one of the funniest pro sports stories in years.