14 favourite responses to the Sun’s England v Colombia front page
You might have heard that England play Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup tonight and here’s what today’s Sun front page had to say about it.
As 3 Lions face nation that gave the world Shakira, great coffee and, errr, other stuff, @TheSun says
GO KANE!#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/txlgx4yh6p
— Andy Silvester (@silvesterldn) July 2, 2018
The Colombian ambassador wasn’t impressed and here’s what Néstor Osorio Londoño said today.
“It’s rather sad that they use such a festive and friendly environment as the World Cup to target a country and continue to stigmatise it with a completely unrelated issue.
“Respect, fair play and joy for the game is all that matters tonight. We’ll be cheering for Colombia and hoping we can all enjoy a great match.”
And here’s what everyone else had to say with our 14 favourite responses online.
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More than anything, this is just a really really weak effort. If you’re going to trade in jingoism and stereotypes, at least try and be funny. pic.twitter.com/eqATvZ2cZe
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) July 2, 2018
2.
"Sports have a way of making us put aside our differences, bringing the world together and– uh–"
"Just… Just do the 'go kane cocaine pun', Bob, we'll work out how racist it is afterwards." pic.twitter.com/Im1rMzjlfg
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 2, 2018
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As Colombians are quick (and right) to remind us, that's not their cocaine that gets shipped. It's ours. https://t.co/EYJP4zMXZc
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) July 2, 2018
4.
Sigh… pic.twitter.com/TSIpy21BcX
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) July 2, 2018
5.
One of the weirdest horrors of the Sun is the spectacle of this posh clique of public school boys affecting mockney bollocks to the lowers. Fifty years since stage Irish, or blackface, became unpalatable, this shite is pumped into the country's most popular newspaper every day. pic.twitter.com/bd9sgQN2Qv
— Seamas It Ever Was (@shockproofbeats) July 2, 2018
6.
England will be playing survivors of displacement, violence, and discrimination, all of which are driven in large part by the drug trade. But yes, POS rag, go for the pun https://t.co/ZqmLX4CG4H
— Rafael Guerrero (@guerruhroh) July 2, 2018
7.
1994: Colombia's captain Andres Escobar shot dead by a member of a drugs cartel for scoring an own goal in the World Cup
2018: England's captain with a hilarious cocaine pun
A truly terrible and tone-deaf front page pic.twitter.com/Y4lPe8dmvk
— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) July 3, 2018
