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Color photograph of a soccer match; a player in maroon is struck full in the face by a soccer ball. Two other players on his team are nearby. The ball has deformed to the extent that it looks like a hemisphere rather than a sphere. Behind him is a blond player in black at full extension, having kicked the ball.

source: https://www.theguardian.com/football...

West Ham's Konstantinos Mavropanos gets absolutely blooted in the face by Man City's Erling Haaland. (Marked NSFW at @joost's request; it's an action shot of a soccer game and safe for work.)

23 hours ago

ufez

22 hours ago

One of my most vivid soccer-playing memories is this happening to my teammate Neal and his glasses flying about 12 feet behind his head.

kplawver

19 hours ago

And the goalie's thinking, "there, but for the face of Mav, go I."

jtj

18 hours ago

Was this posted on Facebonk?

joost 17 hours ago

I don't enjoy seeing people get brain damage.
Perhaps put this behind NSFW?

y95 13 hours ago

is Blooted the actual term for this?

snarkout

12 hours ago

@y95 Nah, just my onomatopoeia. BLOOT!

otaman

11 hours ago

The Guardian describes it as "catching it straight in the mush" which is an accurate description, and "an almighty whack on the noggin," which I feel is incorrect because – at least in my mind – the noggin excludes the face.

"Blooted in the face" is a perfectly cromulent description.

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Steve

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