Tuiter — or as some call it, “Spanish Twitter” — is relentless. You can win all the trophies you want: one fuck up and you become a meme. Six fuck ups and you get buried under a pile of shit.
Iker Casillas has been Real Madrid’s titular goalkeeper (for the most part) for over fifteen years. That’s a long time, almost as long as he’s stood in the goal box of Spain’s national team. His resume boasts five leagues, 3 Champions Leagues, two European Championships and the World Cup. NBD.
But the same people who yesterday mounted shrines to Paco Memo Ochoa, a goalkeeper with funny hair who saved the Mexican national team from a loss to Brazil, today sharpened their knives against poor Casillas, who is considered a main culprit in Spain’s elimination from this World Cup.
Impactante imagen de Iker Casillas contra Chile. pic.twitter.com/yHwOMVOgy1
— Spiderman Perverso (@AyQueBeta) June 18, 2014
“Si ya saben que no paro nada para que me ponen de arquero”
—Iker Casillas.
— ÁBUELIÑO DEMENTINHO (@DementeAbuelo) June 18, 2014
Imagen inédita de Iker Casillas en la portería. pic.twitter.com/tB5VLN3DxT
— Gallo Alfa (@ElGalloDeSon0ra) June 18, 2014
Casillas y Ramos, foto inédita del partido de ayer pic.twitter.com/01tti10JHc
— The_Entorno (@The_Entorno) June 14, 2014
Esto con Rajoy no pasaba. #CasillasAbdica pic.twitter.com/5hNaOKp6dI
— Gobierno de España ✉ (@gobiernoespa) June 14, 2014