Jerome Boateng is used to being a meme by now.
When he got dropped by Lionel Messi in the Champions League last year, he experienced his first taste of Twitter stardom.
Well, after his questionable arm movement which led to Germany giving away a penalty against Italy, it’s happened once again.
https://twitter.com/jawtonloe/status/749341710854000640
It didn’t take long…
Boateng defending that cross. pic.twitter.com/Pk5gxEy7RY
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) July 2, 2016
This one was particularly brilliant.
Boateng… pic.twitter.com/pwC5l9Ns2r
— Transfer News (@TrustyTransfers) July 2, 2016
But definitely not as weird as this one.
Propre le remake de Dirty Dancing avec Boateng pic.twitter.com/C3zK0Ppvj3
— The Big Brunowski (@TheBigBrunowski) July 2, 2016
As well as a basketball player, and a dirty dancer, he sort of looked like a ballerina.
Boateng's defending though … https://t.co/znvZMz9r4l pic.twitter.com/FMBsou5XYv
— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) July 2, 2016
Boateng chose a bad time to impersonate Billy Elliott pic.twitter.com/r6wwunT0Lo
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) July 2, 2016
Or maybe he just looked like Jim Carrey…
Hey I'm Boateng pic.twitter.com/4aEAoUN6N4
— Portista (@FCPortoGlobal) July 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/YannouNeymarJr/status/749341345228161024
We ❤️ The Internet pic.twitter.com/6vQfJPx2Cd
— MUNDIAL (@MundialMag) July 2, 2016
This one is definitely the best though.
79' Jerome Boateng's defensive approach on that cross… #GERITA pic.twitter.com/Q78kohXntK
— DW Sports (@dw_sports) July 2, 2016
The penalty was scored, and the rest, as we know, is now history.