{"id":8574,"date":"2022-02-06T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/06\/how-cardiff-fans-trolled-liverpools-virgil-van-dijk\/"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:01:09","slug":"how-cardiff-fans-trolled-liverpools-virgil-van-dijk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/06\/how-cardiff-fans-trolled-liverpools-virgil-van-dijk\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cardiff fans trolled Liverpool\u2019s Virgil van Dijk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cardiff fans moved to mock Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk during the two club\u2019s clash on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are currently locked in 4<sup>th<\/sup> round FA Cup action, with the winner set to face off with Norwich City in the 5<sup>th<\/sup> round.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesFACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesFACup<\/a> fifth round ties ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q11iph3QG3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Q11iph3QG3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmiratesFACup\/status\/1490291104310255620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nLiverpool, of course, headed into the game as clear favourites despite missing some big players such as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, who are set to face off in the AFCON final later on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Even without said duo though, Klopp was still able to call upon some big stars such as Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold from the off on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>And, as mentioned above, it would be VVD who was trolled by the Cardiff fans early in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh side\u2019s fans would chant \u201cYOU\u2019RE JUST A SH*T SOL BAMBA\u201d, at Van Dijk during the clash on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cardiff fans to Van Dijk\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYOU\u2019RE JUST A SH*T SOL BAMBA\u201d ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyAccums\/status\/1490298402000842762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nSol Bamba was, of course, a long-time Cardiff star who saw Neil Warnock, Cardiff manager several years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsjoe.ie\/football\/neil-warnock-virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-sol-bamba-174524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">suggest<\/a> that Bamba was a better defender than Van Dijk:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBamba is slightly better than\u00a0van Dijk, defensive-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Sol Bamba grabs the headlines<\/h2>\n<p>Before Sunday, Bamba was also in the headlines this weekend following Middlesbrough\u2019s win over Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Bamba came on late in the game and would score in a shootout as Boro progressed to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Following the game, an image of Bamba\u2019s celebration caught the eye for the defender\u2019s seeming lack of excitement, leading to Bamba responding on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m too old for this s*** ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K8drynSQYF\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/K8drynSQYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sol Bamba (@Sol14Bamba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sol14Bamba\/status\/1489743316853968899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/football-predictions\/senegal-vs-egypt-betting-tips-africa-cup-of-nations-final-preview\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Senegal vs Egypt betting tips: Africa Cup of Nations Final preview, predictions and odds<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"background: white; margin: 7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/senegal-vs-egypt-live-streaming-watch-africa-cup-of-nations-online\/\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Senegal vs Egypt live streaming: Watch Africa Cup of Nations online<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff fans moved to mock Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk during the two club\u2019s clash on Sunday. The pair are currently locked in 4th round FA Cup action, with the winner set to face off with Norwich City in the 5th round. Here are the #EmiratesFACup fifth round ties ? pic.twitter.com\/Q11iph3QG3 \u2014 Emirates FA Cup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-8574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}