Spain beat France in the quarterfinals of the Men’s Basketball tournament this afternoon. The lasting memory from this game won’t be the Spanish victory – but rather Nicolas Batum’s venemous low blow on Juan Carlos Navarro. The intent is horrifyingly clear. Batum lost his cool:
Batum believes Spain threw their final prelim game against Brazil in order to get France in the final eight. With what we’ve seen re: match fixing during these games the claim doesn’t sound that farfetched. With that said – what Batum did was beyond gutless.
Somehow, the French forward avoided ejection. The Olympics – where no one’s testicles are safe.
Gif via @BuzzFeedSports
another head butt by a french man
Looks like he was going for the ball first, then caught nut after. Typical biased reporting assuming he was trying to punch him in the jewels.
Batum himself admitted he did it on purpose. Not sure what you’re getting at.