SUMMARY
- Antonio Rudiger steals the spotlight during the Madrid derby by twisting the nipple of his former teammate, Alvaro Morata.
- Social media erupts as fans express shock and amusement at Rudiger's unconventional move on Morata.
The Madrid derby already has been one of the most heated rivalries across the sport. They met each other recently in the Spanish Super Cup Semi-Finals and saw yet another classic. Across the match, we got to see an 8-goal thriller competition. Real Madrid went on to defeat their arch-rivals by 5-3. But the headlines got caught by the German center-back, Antonio Rudiger.
Antonio Rudiger has always been a fun but competitive player. The former Chelsea star did score on both ends of the field as his side won in the end. Having scored the goal he was already a vital player for the Galacticos but he grabbed the headlines for some off-ball actions.
Antonio Rudiger was spotted twisting Alvaro Morata’s 𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗘 during the Madrid derby yesterday 😭
pic.twitter.com/6l4Vlj4RmV— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) January 11, 2024
The situation that took place was that Rudiger had delivered a heated challenge to his former teammate, Alvaro Morata. But the referee instead gave the decision in favor of Real Madrid. As this decision went the other way Morata was left fuming by the referee.
Setting his case Morata went on against the referee and by the time Rudiger followed him as well. And as this moment took place, Rudiger right in front of the referee went on to twist the nipple of his former teammate. During this moment, Morata couldn’t believe what was going on.
As the match ended, the clip went viral on social media. And fans couldn’t resist expressing their thoughts. One fan wrote, “What is wrong with this guy” While another fan said, “This guy is a menace.”
Looking at the emotions of the fans, it was obvious that this wasn’t the first time they had seen Rudiger do such acts. Rudiger has always been a fun character to watch, and we do want to see such players as they provide a different form of entertainment within the matches.
Antonio Rudiger’s funny moments
Antonio Rudiger has always been a fun player to look at. From his astonishing celebrations to his funny runs on the pitch. Let’s take a look at some of the funny moments performed by the German international.
1. Wonder goal coinciding with wonder celebration
Being a central defender, people rarely see open-play goals from Rudiger. On April 2nd, 2022, Chelsea hosted Brentford, where we got to see some astonishing moments throughout the game. Initially, in the first half, we got to see a wonder goal struck by Antonio Rudiger, following which we got to see his funny celebration as well.
The other moment that we got to see was that after that wonder strike, Chelsea went on to face an embarrassing defeat to their neighbors and lost the match by 4 goals to 1. Facing such an embarrassing defeat, Rudiger’s goal didn’t end up as a happy moment for his team and himself.
2. Rudiger’s fun way to defend against Erling Haaland
Defending against Erling Haaland is already a massive task. And to accomplish that task, Rudiger went on to find a new way to accomplish it. While marking Haaland, Rudiger went on to target the lower part of the Norwegian’s body.
Nah Rudiger marking Haaland is the funniest yet most efficient way i have seen a player mark some one like Haaland 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Th03GKG4kM
— V. (@ValvRmfc) May 10, 2023
While taking this task, Rudiger managed to win the battle as he kept Haaland quiet throughout the game. The match did end as a 1-1 draw, but this moment took away the headlines, as it was a never-before-seen strategy to mark Haaland.
3. Rudiger’s fun way to run across the pitch
While tracking the attackers on through balls, Rudiger always manages to find a fun way to track back. This move has been seen on several occasions, where Rudiger tracks back with fun lanky steps.
Initially, the move was seen on several occasions with Chelsea, but the main time it got popular was during the FIFA World Cup 2022, wherein Germany faced Japan. During the match as the ball was going out of play, Rudiger brought his fun maneuver on the grandest stage of all.