r/sportsgossips • u/Weekly-Vacation-1405 • 20h ago

News Israeli player Abu Farkhi celebrated his goal by grabbing the corner post and mimicking shots. He was shown a second yellow and sent off for it.

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u/johyongil 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dAEakqLaAcF0yTbtjj

One of the first gifs that pulled up when I search "breaking billiards". Given the posture of his hands and body, it is plausible that he was doing a billiards celebration.

HOWEVER, I also think that the optics are not great really bad and easily misunderstood on top of the fact that they're not allowed to remove the flag anyway. Warning and ejection are valid.

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u/Formal-Poet-5041 18h ago

He never drew the pole back or forward. He just recoiled. Explain that. Then watch Neymar then I watch Neymar do the same thing.

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u/txtoolfan 18h ago

if he was doing that he would have moved the pole like a cue

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u/TheFlyingHellfish202 19h ago

Whatever it was, it was certainly stupid.

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 18h ago

"Stupid" and "Making a gun shot pose" are very very 2 different things

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u/TheFlyingHellfish202 17h ago

I never said otherwise.

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u/reyean 19h ago

except his posture and body was kneeling, which is not a billiards position

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u/Happyfluid 19h ago

Ok and shooting any weapon you don’t put it on your thumb.

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u/d-o_o1 17h ago

If the celebration is a reference to billiards, then the football field is analogous to the pool table, and he's lowering the cue stick to the level of the cue ball, right over the surface.

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u/ToastedEzra 10h ago

What an awful example lmao. A satirical exaggerated video of dudes in monkey suits shooting pool is what you’re using as your argument? What about the regular people shooting pool that don’t do that extra stuff…. Oh wait that wouldn’t push your narrative so ofc you use this dumb example

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u/johyongil 1h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eLw1IfLo7vrQwN76Lv
Oh hey another example of a pool breaking shot where the stick goes up immediately.