Lyon’s Kim Källström is the Victim of a Triple Nutmeg

By: Daryl | December 15th, 2009

Bordeaux bagged a 1-0 win away to Lyon this weekend, a 1-0 win that puts the current champions four points clear at the top of Ligue 1, and leaves Lyon languishing all the way down in 9th.

But apparently Bordeaux’s Marouane Chamakh and Matthieu Chalmé didn’t feel the away win and league positions underlined Bordeaux’s superioty quite enough. So during the game they combined to nutmeg Lyon’s Swedish midfielder Kim Källström not once, not even twice, but three times in a row.

For the record, that’s more nutmegs than there are umlauts in Källström’s name. Though it’s one less than the number of dots.

Watching the video again, it almost seems like Chamakh and Chalmé are the mean older boys at school bullying poor Källström. I half expect a teacher to come over and ask them “what’s going on here?”

Don’t know if you’ve ever been nutmegged. I have, and it makes you wish the pitch would open up and swallow you. But I’ve never been nutmegged twice in a row, and certainly not three times. Although that’s probably because the attacker is long gone after the first nutmeg, so at least we can say well done to Källström for his persistence.

The video was spotted on the ever-observant 101 Great Goals, who are in a good mood today after being name-dropped on The Guardian Football Weekly podcast.

-For more on Bordeaux, visit Jennifer at Bordeaux Offside
-For more on Lyon, visit Inara and John at Lyon Offside

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Tags: Bordeaux, French Ligue 1, Kim Kallstrom, Lyon, Marouane Chamakh, Matthieu Chalme

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• Daryl |  December 15th, 2009 at 4:26 am

  
  
  

  Can anyone translate what Chamakh is saying in the post-match interview? I’m assuming he’s talking about the Källström incident so would love to know what it was.

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• Luka |  December 15th, 2009 at 5:45 am

  
  
  

  Here’s a rough translation of what Chamakh (may have) said: “Kim better put off having kids for a while after all these nutties…In fact he should probably consider adoption. Multiple nutmegs can have a serious impact on one’s health. Get better soon, Kim.”

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• Sam |  December 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

  
  
  

  No, he’s not talking about the nutmeg, he’s just prattling on about sticking to the game plan and Lyon being a good team and blah blah blah. Sorry.

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• Jennifer |  December 16th, 2009 at 1:18 am

  
  
  

  This was pretty epic.
  And yes, he was not talking about Kim at all hahaha
  that would have been funny
  sorry, Chamakh is a boring guy ;)

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• Pal |  January 8th, 2010 at 10:13 am

  
  
  

  Where can I find this video, exept from youtube where it’s blocked?

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• Rosetta Stone |  May 8th, 2010 at 10:15 am

  
  
  

  thanks for you information

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