I recently caught wind of an unusual story from France's top soccer league (Ligue 1). At the beginning of this season, it seems that Lyon demoted Marcelo, a 34-year-old Brazilian defender (who goes only by his first name) after the team’s 3-0 loss to Angers. It was reported at the time that Marcelo was caught laughing during the team captain’s post-game speech, which officials later described as “inappropriate behavior.”
However, it has since emerged that team officials had another issue with Marcelo: He repeatedly farted around his teammates and laughed in front of team officials.
Although Marcelo was considered a team leader and had signed a new contract with Lyon before the season started, the club was ripe for change and demoted him to the reserve squad. Five months later, the team blew him off, terminating his contract completely.
After being dropped by Lyon, Marcelo signed with Bordeaux. Sadly, that team is currently stinking worse than Lyon’s locker room, losing eight of the 10 games Marcelo has played.
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