#WorldCupFever: Wrong Marcelo Attacked On Twitter Over Brazil Own Goal
So much hate!
When Brazilian defender Marcelo put the ball into his own net during last night’s World Cup opener between the hosts and Croatia, a number of the more venomous denizens of Twitter exploded in anger, directing all that vitriol at the wrong person— an Italian model dude whose Twitter handle is unfortunately @Marcello. It’s funny that none of those whose fingers were so quick to fly across keyboards didn’t think to check out Marcello’s profile picture and bio (even his handle: double l) before spewing hate. Talk about a stupid case of mistaken identity.
Some of the less offensive tweets are below along with Marcello’s surprisingly cool responses.
@Marcello you wouldn't have scored that own goal if you hadn't cut your hair #selfishbastard
— Tom Hamer (@tomhamish489) June 12, 2014
I hope you die. @Marcello
— Steve Maclean (@Koqology) June 12, 2014
To all those hurling abuse at me for scoring an own goal, please re-direct your anger to @12MarceloV. Thank you
— Marcello (@Marcello) June 12, 2014
So when does the World Cup finish?
— Marcello (@Marcello) June 13, 2014
"@Marcello: So when does the World Cup finish?" For me, when you die.
— Steve Maclean (@Koqology) June 13, 2014
Football fans not English graduates… “@kangaroo_jaack: Worried about the literacy levels of all the people tweeting abuse to @Marcello”
— Marcello (@Marcello) June 12, 2014
All joking aside, it's a football GAME! When is @Twitter going to finally wake up and take action against online trolling?!
— Marcello (@Marcello) June 12, 2014