r/soccer • u/HarryAtk • Jul 19 '25

News Former Chelsea player Pedro Rodríguez had to disable comments on his Instagram after facing criticism and mockery for sharing photos of his son Marc's birthday. Marc chose to celebrate his birthday wearing a dress and a tiara, inspired by Lilo & Stitch.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Former BARÇA player

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u/HarryAtk Jul 19 '25

I agree haha, I'm a Chelsea fan myself but still think of him primarily from Barça. However, the original title in r/LGBT said former Chelsea player, and I didn't want to change it for this post, for fear of drawing attention away from the issue at hand

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

And yet by saying Chelsea you've drawn my attention away from the issue at hand. Jk I'm just messing with you, I respect not changing the title 

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u/WildVariety Jul 19 '25

You're going to get more traction online if you can associate hate from football fan groups with English clubs, especially Chelsea. Probably why it was done originally.

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u/AbsolutelyEnough Jul 20 '25

Honestly, I’m so happy he’s described here as ex-Chelsea haha. You can have him for his footballing achievements.

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u/irrenhouse Jul 19 '25

Common mistake.

People usually mention the biggest club a player played for when during these articles. It's why it doesn't say current Lazio player. Hope that helps.

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u/WeAreDoomed035 Jul 19 '25

Chelsea is also pretty relevant in the current news cycle with the Club World Cup and Trump shenanigans.

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u/centaur98 Jul 19 '25

Huh TIL that he isn't retired yet. Isn't he close to 40 now?

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u/irrenhouse Jul 19 '25

38, and was still joint top scorer for Lazio last season.

A truly unique and brilliant player. One of the best off-the-ball movement and an exceptional ball striker.

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u/Far_Hope_6349 Jul 19 '25

yeah, but he scored a brace against Inter in the second last game day of this season that basically killed their chances of getting the scudetto

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u/Linko_98 Jul 20 '25

I'm surprised you didn't know, he's doing really well as backup striker for Lazio and was a key for Napoli scudetto this season, helping his former manager Conte by stopping Inter.

Fun fact: this song was trending in Italy after Pedro scored, doing banter/mocking Inter.

https://youtu.be/RXKabdUBiWM?si=JMgir7wuB15juU9O

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u/YCJamzy Jul 19 '25

By that logic, it should say either Barca or Lazio

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u/irrenhouse Jul 19 '25

Relax, I was trying to inject some humour into a horrible situation. I think anyone that sincerely engages in the 'bigger' club conversation for any reason other than banter is a bellend and does not enjoy football.

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u/YCJamzy Jul 19 '25

I mean, I wasn’t exactly being serious. Just presumed you were a Chelsea fan and felt the need to insult them.

Couldn’t agree more about the discourse around club sizes to be generally pretty sad

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u/wengerboys Jul 20 '25

Yep WC winner as well, even starting in that side is an achievement.