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08th Dec 2014

Pic: That’s not the Ireland flag! Robbie Keane played the MLS Cup Final with the wrong flag on his boots

God dammit Robbie, get your sh*t together…

Alan Loughnane

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God dammit Robbie, get your sh*t together.

Robbie Keane was the hero of the hour for LA Galaxy last night as he scored a dramatic extra time winner to claim the MLS Cup Final against the New England Revolution.

However, despite being quite the prolific goalscorer, Robbie’s boot designer clearly isn’t much of a vexillologist (that’s somebody who studies flags… yeah, that’s right, we know how to use Google too).

Keane posted an image of the supposed Irish flag-inscribed boots on his Facebook page.. but with one small mistake. The flag on the boots belonged to the Ivory Coast rather than the Emerald Isle.

The mix-up is a simple yet, still fairly amusing error, but we do hope that Robbie isn’t thinking about invoking an old FIFA rule and changing his allegiance any time soon.

*JOE shakes fist menacingly*

It must be said that the Ivory Coast flag did work a treat though as Robbie summoned his inner Didier Drogba to snatch the win for LA Galaxy.

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Pic and eagle-eyed spot via SportsJOE.

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