It is an understatement to say that the appointment of Rudi Garcia was warmly welcomed by the Lyon supporters. Wednesday, against Juventus (1-0), the name of the coach was again conspired during the presentation of the teams.
On social networks, the ex-OM coach has been strongly criticized since his arrival by OL fans. And now caricatured.
On Monday, a photomontage of Garcia made up into a clown was published by a Twitter user. A user then blocked by OL. "As a protest and a joke", some of us whisper, under the publications of the official account of the Lyon club then, many Internet users comment and sporadically with montages of Garcia disguised as a clown.
The case could have ended there but on Wednesday morning, Lyon-Juventus day, OL published a press release, informing that "the club will now file a complaint for all the content, posted or shared on its social networks, likely to '' constitute abuse, defamation, threat, harassment or incitement to hatred or violence. "
OL informs that the club will now file a complaint for all the content, posted or shared on its social networks, which may constitute insult, defamation, threat, harassment or even incitement to hatred .https: //t.co/Wr65t73xXA
- Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) February 26, 2020With this press release, the "clown" affair is brought to the attention of many who were unaware of it. The tweets showing Garcia dressed up as a clown are leaving.
This is the Streisand effect (named after the actress and singer Barbara Streisand). By wanting to prevent the disclosure of tweets, the opposite effect is triggered. Internet users are taking it to heart.
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It was without counting on the companion of Thiago Mendes, replacing Wednesday against Juve, and whose odds are not looking good among supporters. After the brilliant Lyon victory (1-0), Kelly Mendes published on Instagram a photo of her with a clown mask… OL would have done well.
