Wilfried Zaha’s Galatasaray Teammates Savagely Laugh at His First Touch during UCL qualifier; Video
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An interesting clip has emerged online appearing to show Mauro Icardi and Dries Mertens poking fun at their new teammate Wilfried Zaha over a poor first touch.
Zaha was making his second 30-year-oldppearance for Galatasaray on Monday, August 15 as the Turkish giants came up against Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana in the Champions League qualification game.
Overall, the 30-year-old showed loads of promise as he was a constant menace for Ljubljana down the flanks.
But gaffes and footballing mistakes happen even to the best players, and Zaha is no exception as he went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
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FootballHaving been brought on at halftime, Zaha appeared to have difficulty controlling a bouncing ball on the touchline, with his teammates just a few yards behind him on the bench.
As reported on Daily Star,Zaha knocked the ball out for a throw-in, and cameras immediately panned to his teammates, who appeared to be in hysterics on the bench over the incident.
In all fairness, it was easy to see why Icardi saw the funny side to Zaha’s hilarious first touch as it initially looked like a simple ball to the former Crystal Palace man.
As far as the game was concerned, Icardi had given his side the lead in the 24th minute with a header after placing himself in an offside position.
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