Argentina Coach Alejandro Sabella and His Almost Fall Gets the Meme Treatment

Alejandro Sabella, the Argentina coach, quickly gained Internet fame after he became so engrossed in a chance for his side during their World Cup quarter-final against Belgium that he almost fell over.  

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Here's a vine of #ARG coach Alejandro Sabella prat-falling during the match #ARG #BEL http://t.co/y5MqInkNUk pic.twitter.com/KnHhiRqqUJ

— entertainment.ie (@entertainmentIE) July 5, 2014"

And after the Vine did the rounds, the next thing was the Photoshopping.

First we thought we'd marry two memes, with #ThingsTimHowardCouldSave still fresh in the memory:

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#ThingsTimHowardCouldSave pic.twitter.com/mDmNPCy8Fu

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 5, 2014"

Then another iconic player pose—Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's karate kick—was added in:

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La cantidad de memes que aparecen con la casi caída #sabella @RedesESPN @DreamJobESPN pic.twitter.com/5qbOjPYGyx

— Diego Arrioja (@diego_nen) July 5, 2014"

That theme of Sabella being knocked out got another take, this time in the boxing ring: 

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Sabella KO pic.twitter.com/kuoCESuPPt

— Platea Norte Vélez (@PlateaNorteCAVS) July 5, 2014"

But not all memes involved Sabella suffering—some involved the coach dancing, in this case with Michael Jackson (Ale are you ok?):

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*brb Just saw some Sabella memes & I have to change my underwear... 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8QqDxaZlBx

— Pedro Martins (@Pedge21) July 5, 2014"

But limbo dancing fit the bill as well:

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Sabella yo te vi bailando el limbo Jajajajajajajajajaja 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/W45ppji0a3

— Lud♥ (@LudBieb) July 5, 2014"

Thereafter the Sabella photoshop jobs got wackier still, from his starring role in The Matrix:

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And a meme was born. Sup, Argentina's coach Sabella? #ARG pic.twitter.com/s5V8i7j2VL

— BuzzFeed Sports (@BuzzFeedSports) July 5, 2014"

To the time he took on The Karate Kid:

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#QueLindoSerArgentino http://t.co/9axZ0gfJmI pic.twitter.com/ZxhX3YBUHf

— INFOnews (@INFOnewscom) July 5, 2014"

To the time he was saved by Moe from The Simpsons:

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GRACIAS POR TANTO SABELLA pic.twitter.com/96wBuHfb0p

— Paladar Negro (@PaladarNegroOK) July 5, 2014"

And then there was a good, old-fashioned bungee jump:

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Mirá los mejores memes en la web con las cargadas a Sabella por su blooper en el partido http://t.co/NBs7U0RfZP pic.twitter.com/susIOKKgPi

— C5N (@C5N) July 5, 2014"

After which he presumably went straight out to swim with the dolphins:

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Hoy leeremos ' El pequeño Sabella que hacía hihihihi' pic.twitter.com/X5QmnImSbV

— Bebé Eructitos (@MikaaYasmin) July 5, 2014"

But perhaps the most random image of them all—here's Sabella as the first domino to fall:

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¡¡No, no, Sabella, cuidadooo!! pic.twitter.com/mkp8ZdxH8z

— Desmondo (@5thNovember1955) July 5, 2014"

Thanks Twitter. Thanks for that.

[Twitter]