Normally, Raphael Delacour fulfils his charity obligations by assisting a variety of local organisations, from food banks, to children's hospital visits; soup kitchens to cat shelters. This year, though, he received a call from his oldest sister, Sophia. She had been selected to play for the World XI in the annual Soccer Aid match, but another name on the list had pulled out at the last minute. Seeing an opportunity to catch up with her little brother, she had called Raphael.
"Honestly, I don't know why I accepted," Raphael later admitted. "I'm terrible at soccer. And Soph knows it."
As it turned out, he played just twelve minutes in the match, and was something of a hit with the British public the following day, after a clumsy tackle on a prominent -- and divisive -- British politician resulted in the latter being stretchered off. Unaware of the significance of his actions, Raphael apologised sheepishly and continued the game, only to be ambushed by television cameras at the end. When asked if he had 'a problem' with his "victim", Raphael needed to be rescued by his sister -- who actually assisted the winning goal for the World XI -- who jokingly reminded the camera that "[she] got all the soccer talent in the family" and laughed uncontrollably while revealing that she had in fact, called Raphael hoping for this very scenario.
"My brother has fantastic co-ordination usually but for some reason, when he's near a soccer ball, he starts to look like a deer on a frozen lake," she said. "I hoped he'd do something ridiculous like this, so it all paid off."
Taking it in stride, Raphael mentioned he'd be checking in on his opponent to make sure he was not seriously hurt, and that he'd be making a £10,000 donation to a charity of his choice as penance. Before disappearing down the tunnel he also added that he'd be getting his own back on Sophia, "maybe we should do a charity game in my sport, I'm sure Soph would love that. We could even be on opposite teams..."
"Honestly, I don't know why I accepted," Raphael later admitted. "I'm terrible at soccer. And Soph knows it."
As it turned out, he played just twelve minutes in the match, and was something of a hit with the British public the following day, after a clumsy tackle on a prominent -- and divisive -- British politician resulted in the latter being stretchered off. Unaware of the significance of his actions, Raphael apologised sheepishly and continued the game, only to be ambushed by television cameras at the end. When asked if he had 'a problem' with his "victim", Raphael needed to be rescued by his sister -- who actually assisted the winning goal for the World XI -- who jokingly reminded the camera that "[she] got all the soccer talent in the family" and laughed uncontrollably while revealing that she had in fact, called Raphael hoping for this very scenario.
"My brother has fantastic co-ordination usually but for some reason, when he's near a soccer ball, he starts to look like a deer on a frozen lake," she said. "I hoped he'd do something ridiculous like this, so it all paid off."
Taking it in stride, Raphael mentioned he'd be checking in on his opponent to make sure he was not seriously hurt, and that he'd be making a £10,000 donation to a charity of his choice as penance. Before disappearing down the tunnel he also added that he'd be getting his own back on Sophia, "maybe we should do a charity game in my sport, I'm sure Soph would love that. We could even be on opposite teams..."
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