15 Photos Of Overheated Footballers Squirting Themselves In The Face With Water Bottles

Chris Wright

20th, April 2018

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To celebrate the fact that we appear to have skipped Spring and gone straight to summer this year (two consecutive days of 20-degree weather definitely constitutes a summer where we’re from), Pies have cobbled together a compendium of photos of footballers attempting to combat the heat by blasting water into their own mushes.

Get stuck in and feel the power of the quench…

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Roy Keane scowls through the droplets as he cools himself down during the only sunny say Dublin saw in 1993

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Rubbish old Enzo Scifo misses his face entirely during Belgium’s sweltering 1994 World Cup tie against Saudi Arabia in Washington DC

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Arsenal striker Ian Wright doubles up to combat the 39-degree heat in Cyprus while preparing for a match against Omonia Nicosia, 1994

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Youri Djorkaeff unleashes a might torrent of h2o during the 1998 World Cup final.

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David Beckham adopts the direct approach to taking the edge of the August heat, 1998

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…while Chelsea winger Damien Duff goes straight to source.

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Zinedine Zidane breaks out the old ‘invisible water bottle’ trick, 2005

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Gareth Bale with a slap-dash rookie effort during his Southampton days, specifically the 2007 Championship play-off semi-finals

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Sol Campbell slathers that sensitive dome as Newcastle train in Dubai, 2007

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Rangers target man Dado Prso keeps that famous ponytail of his lush and hydrated, 2009

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Roma defender Philippe Mexes goes the whole hog with a textbook mega-drench, 2010

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Robbie Keane shows a marksman’s finesse while warming-up/cooling down before LA Galaxy’s match against San Jose Earthquakes, 2011

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Lionel Messi damps down his mane as Argentina play Colombia in a World Cup qualifier, 2011

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Joe Hart cools down and removes the mud from his face during Man City’s pre-season tour of Hong Kong, 2013

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As per usual, Wayne Rooney makes the simplest of tasks look difficult, 2014

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Daniel Sturridge struggles with his accuracy while in action for England against Italy at the 2014 World Cup

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Claudio Yacob momentarily finds inner peace during West Brom’s pre-season tour of the United States, 2015

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While Kyle Walker reaches the depths of human sorrow.

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Liverpool defender Mamadou Sahko gets lost in his thoughts while administering liquid mana during an early-season game against Aston Villa, 2015

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Gareth Bale proves that his technique hasn’t improved much with an equally sloppy effort in Real Madrid colours, 2016

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Seamus Coleman seals the deal with a full-extension, long-range belter before Everton’s match against Man City, 2018

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7 Comments

  1. Anonymous says:

    Next! Women footballer. I want to see them squirting themselves.

  2. HRH Bunty Bont-Borrowberry Browne Bullworthy Branhatch Broncofallowbotter IIV says:

    This is it.
    This is the article I’ve been craving.
    Splish, splash.
    Splish, most certainly splash.

  3. coxy says:

    It’s a well known fact that over half of these players were actually trying to drink the water and simply forgot where their mouth was.

  4. Towel Attendant O'Bryce Clenferraghty says:

    Class

  5. Anonymous says:

    I had a good chuckle at this, top captioning. I see you avoided the temptation to use the old ‘Unidentified Fan’ thing for picture #12

  6. Terry Shedingham says:

    I had a good chuckle at this, top captioning. I see you avoided the temptation to use the old ‘Unidentified Fan’ thing for picture #12

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