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Diego Costa Branded "Inappropriate" For Joke He Made About The Coronavirus Outbreak

Diego Costa Branded "Inappropriate" For Joke He Made About The Coronavirus Outbreak

The striker poked fun of the virus which has swept the world.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Diego Costa walked through the Champions League mixed zone fake coughing at reporters amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Liverpool were dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid who beat the Reds 3-2 at Anfield (4-2 on aggregate).

Image: PA
Image: PA

And after helping his side eliminate the holders from the competition, Costa poked fun of the pandemic virus which has swept the world.

Image: El Chiringuito
Image: El Chiringuito

He walked through the media area fake coughing at journalists and laughing as he went down the line.

His tasteless theatrics didn't go down too well on social media.

"Diego Costa just walked through the mixed zone fake coughing at everyone as he went down the line," Press Assocation's Carl Markham wrote on Twitter. "Not particularly funny or appropriate."

"Not nice. Not funny either," La Repubblica's Antonello Guerrera said. Another tweeted "He was the only who laughed."

It comes after the global Covid-19 outbreak was categorised as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

The illness has killed more than 4,300 people worldwide and eight people in the UK have confirmed to have died after contracting the disease.

Football governing bodies continue to evaluate the situation ahead of making a decision on the remaining games of the 2019/20 season.

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Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Football, Atletico Madrid, Coronavirus, Diego Costa, Champions League

Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.

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