Whoever is in charge of Ryanair’s Twitter account (if they are still in charge) could not join in the celebrations on Thursday night when France beat Germany.
Just after France had been awarded a penalty for the handball against Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ryanair’s Twitter account fired out an angry reaction.
(AFP)
“Wait a minute, so they know what a handball is in France? #Neverforget. #CheatingBastards,” read the tweet.
Ryanair insulte les Français de «bâtards de tricheurs», le tweet est supprimé, et ils annoncent chercher un CM pic.twitter.com/eBS6EB0a6h
— Florent Derue (@florentderue) 7 juillet 2016
The tweet was accompanied by a photo of the infamous handball by Thierry Henry which helped France qualify for the 2010 World Cup at the expense of Ryanair’s home country Ireland.
The tweet was quickly deleted and was followed by a tweet by the company advertising for a job as “Head of Social Media”.
It’s not clear whether it was a joke or the result of instant sacking.
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) 7 juillet 2016
Ryanair has hardly been the most supportive of the French team during Euro 2016, which appears to be motivated by the company’s longstanding frustration with the number of times French air traffic controllers go on strike.
On Thursday it tweeted out a message of support for Germany joking that with the number of goals they had scored, the Germans were “better strikers”.
French ATC: 13 strikes in 14 weeks. Germany: 7 goals in 5 games. Who's the better striker? #FRAGER #RyanairEuros pic.twitter.com/SNd4dypejK
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) 7 juillet 2016
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