Champions League accidentally flips fans off on Twitter
For soccer fans, Thursday's UEFA Champions League draw in Monaco is a big deal, as it determines the group stage for Europe's top club tournament.
To celebrate, fans were given the middle finger.
Initially at least, the official Champions League Twitter account flipped off its fans while trying to drum up some enthusiasm. The important takeaway here: There's a slight but significant difference between the index-finger emoji and the middle-finger emoji.
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To that minor mistake, we can only say: 🙏
The tweet was soon deleted after fans noticed the gaffe, but we were able to snag this screengrab first. Now, if any UEFA honchos happen to be reading this: It's a small and funny mistake, please don't fire anyone!
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
