Newspaper Confuses Stranger Things' Characters With Footballers Greizmann And Umtiti, Old Pic Goes Viral

Footballer Antonie Griezmann wanted to jokingly imply that he and Samuel Umtiti could be the next stars in the web series Stranger Things.

The name of Bengali newspaper that carried out the advertisement is still not verified. ( Image Source :Screengrab taken from Twitter )

New Delhi: A Bengali news publication mistakenly published pictures of Netflix web series Stranger Things stars Dustin and Lucas as pictures of footballers Samuel Umtiti and Antonie Griezmann being friends since childhood. Star footballers Samuel Umtiti and Antonie Griezmann are considered to be close friends. The duo together won the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia while playing for the French national team. Footballer Antonie Griezmann had tweeted a collage, years back, featuring himself and Umtiti to compare his friendship with that of Lucas and Dustin. Griezmann wanted to jokingly imply that he and Umtiti could be the next stars in the famous web series. The name of Bengali newspaper that carried out the advertisement is still not verified.

Many years later, a Twitter handle named Footy Humour shared the screenshot of the funny mishap by Bengali Newspaper, leaving netizens in splits.

New actors for the best series: @Stranger_Things pic.twitter.com/FLUK6bRAqq

— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) July 16, 2019

A newspaper in Bangladesh used photos of Dustin and Lucas from Stranger Things as pictures of footballers Samuel Umtiti and Antoine Griezmann being friends since childhood. 😂😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/L1Z47drvhA

— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) June 6, 2022

Check out some reactions...

I'm from Bangladesh and confirming that the worst group of journalists live here.

— ShaMah (@shafkatmahmud4u) June 6, 2022

That's why print media is dieing

When someone catches your mess you cannot get away with it like digital media does by deleting

— ORTHODOX (@ORTHODOX_MIND) June 6, 2022

Most probably the writer was an unpaid intern

— Dipesh Tripathi (@NepaliComment) June 7, 2022

What that statement in the news paper basically translates to is that Greizman's and Samuel's childhood friendship is still intact to this day.

LMFAO 😂😂

— Aqua (@AquaVinnie) June 6, 2022

Ever since his return to La Liga club Atletico Madrid from Barcelona, Antonie Griezmann, who plays as a forward, has not succeeded in making much impact this season. In his all 26 appearances, the 31-year-old has managed just four assists and three goals.