U.S. World Cup soccer star Weston McKennie wiped his sweaty hands on a photographer's bib during the United States' match against England on Friday.
“I mean, normally you do that on your trousers. How did that contact with the photographer happen?” Asks the reporter.
“Yeah, no haha my t-shirt was wet. I couldn’t throw the ball properly,” McKennie responds in fluent German. “Yeah, I just used his bib and dried my hands. And as you saw I threw the ball, won a corner, all good,” McKennie says. While some found McKennie’s antics hilarious, not everyone was impressed with some calling him disrespectful.writes one Twitter user.For his part, the photographer seemed sanguine about the incident, smiling after McKennie had wiped his hands on his bib.
The incident took place in the 38th minute of the match with the scoreline at 0-0. Neither England nor the United States managed to score any goals seeing out a bore draw during their Group B match at the“Enjoyed McKennie wiping his hands on that photographer’s bib before taking the throw. Highlight of the game so far,” writes another Twitter user.
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