This has got to be one of the most Guardian-y sentences I've read in a long time, from an otherwise astute Argentina v. Uruguay post op: "Grotesque and undignified, Maradona then grabbed his genitals with both hands, signalling some sort of manly insult to the TV cameras in the tunnel outside the dressing room."
Granted, it's not exactly the Rinus Michels school of management, but the "some sort of manly insult" line I'm not buying Marcela. Surely you've watched an episode of the Sopranos before? Or the Wire for that matter? Or an American rap video from the last twenty-five years? Yes, he's the manager, yes, he's acting like a low level dealer sprung on bail, no, Argentina are not poised to win the World Cup. But the expression was not "some sort" of anything. It was the expression of a man who forgot the attending press wasn't in fact a gang of Bloods from around the way.
In other words, it was Maradona. I think we should count ourselves lucky he didn't have an air rifle.
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