Galatasaray Social Media Admin Consoled by Fans After Using Bizarre Caption

• Galatasaray's X Admin tried to make fun of Mauro Icardi's penalty miss a few days ago
• Instead of mocking him, he made a self-deprecating joke to soften the blow on social media
• Icardi scored the winner shortly after the penalty miss

Galatasaray have had an eventful week. Their striker Mauro Icardi horribly missed a penalty before scoring minutes later against Istanbulspor in a game they won 1-0. The Argentine was trolled for hours by football fans following his terrible miss.

While posting the highlight of the goal on X, formerly Twitter, the Galatasaray page admin used a strange caption to describe Icardi's finish.

Just before the halftime whistle, Icaerdi and Kerem Akturkoglu tried to recreate the Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez penalty trick but instead ended up replicating Thierry Henry and Robert Pires's infamous miss for Arsenal in 2005, per the BBC.

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Icardi was mocked on social media by football fans, with some calling it the worst miss in recent times. Despite having an open net to aim at after the keeper dived the wrong way, Icardi's shot went wide.

He scored five minutes later, a goal that would be the match-winner, but fans did not forget his inexplicable miss.

However, the Galatasaray X admin tried to soften the blow by using a self-deprecating caption to celebrate Icardi's goal.

"That finish is colder than my ex's heart. 🥶 😶"

The post now has nearly 26,000 likes and hundreds of comments from fans who tried to console the admin.

Fan reactions to admin caption

@JudiasmFc:

"Admin suffering like the rest of us."

@Kamblossi:

"Someone check on the admin. Could be going through it."

@ronnieug7

"Bro forgot to switch accounts."

One fan compared the two situations to that of Napoli mocking their own striker Victor Osimhen after his penalty miss.

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@OffsideTrapHQ:

"Galatasaray's striker, Mauro Icardi, had his own challenging moment in a game, missing a significant opportunity, resulting in online trolling. Yet, the Galatasaray admin's response offers a contrasting lesson in PR and social media finesse. Their use of a self-deprecating joke not only served to spotlight Icardi in a positive light, setting it apart from Napoli's approach with Osimhen..."

Another fan tried to bring up the love triangle involving Icardi and his former friend and teammate Maxi Lopez and partner Wanda Nara.

@josullivan24:

"Is Maxi Lopez the Galatasaray Twitter admin?"

Icardi misses penalty

Sports Brief earlier reported on Icardi's horrible penalty miss.

The Turkish giants came up against struggling Istanbulspor on September 26 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in a game in which the visitors were heavy favourites. They got a penalty and tried a cheeky trick.

The Argentine somehow hit his effort wide despite the goalkeeper being floored. Following the now infamous penalty miss, Icardi has been dragged by fans on X.