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Football's most embarrassing displays of support

Well, we have all been here before.

A player suffers an unfortunate injury. Said player is ruled out for a certain amount of time or, heaven forbid, the remainder of a tournament.

And so begins the outpouring of emotion and condolences. Which is absolutely understandable, of course, but we’ve seen some extreme overreactions to injuries before.

Barcelona last night joined the Brazil national team and Liverpool in making an awkward display of affection towards a fallen comrade – or controversial one, at that.

Take a trip down memory lane with our photo gallery and reminisce about that time football just went over the top.