Paraná team draws the attention of Algerians by sharing the wrong map of the country and apologizes for an error during the announcement of a 35-year-old player
What a situation! O Coritiba committed a gaffe when announcing the signing of the Algerian striker Islam Slimani. By sharing some posts, the club Paraná posted a wrong map of Algeriagenerating some complaints from Internet users from the African country.
What happened was that, in the post, Coxa used a photo of the country’s incomplete forest, without the northern region, with the club’s symbol. The image, which had been shared via the team’s Twitter, was deleted after the criticism. This Monday, the 21st, Alviverde apologized for the error.
Club forwards hiring of Islam Slimani.
The striker has already signed a pre-contract and arrives in Curitiba later this week to undergo medical examinations and, after, sign the contract definitively. pic.twitter.com/THEgPl4QzE
— Coritiba (@Coritiba) August 21, 2023
In Slimani’s ad, the Coritiba pasted an image with two coordinates, one of a place in Algeria and another of Couto Pereira, your stadium. At the end, the signed pre-contract message, with videos of the Algerian striker. Islam Slimani signed a pre-agreement with Coxa and is expected in the next few days to present himself as the main reinforcement of 2023. With proposals from European football, the player preferred to go to Curitiba to show his talent and try to represent the Algeria at 2026 World Cup.
See Coritiba’s note:
We deeply regret the operational mistake made yesterday by publishing an incomplete image of the map of Algeria in our official vehicles. We emphasize our utmost respect for the country, its people and its history, to whom we sincerely apologize. We also emphasize that the intention of the publication was exactly to highlight this feeling.
Source: sportbuzz
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