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28th Aug 2015

Lukas Podolski may have just offended the entire country of Kazakhstan

That's (not) nice

Robert Redmond

Lukas, Lukas, Lukas.

Lukas Podolski is a bit of practical joker, who, despite spending most of his time at Arsenal warming the bench, always seemed to be in good spirits and a popular member of the dressing room.

The German forward is also pretty active on social media.

Podolski is now at Galatasaray, who were yesterday drawn alongside Astana from Kazakhstan in the Champions League group stages.

The 30 year reacted to the news by tweeting a picture of fictional Kazakh character Borat, created by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, which is unlikely to go well with some in central-Asian country.

The 2006 film Borat was banned in the country, and denounced by the Kazakh government as they felt Cohen’s character portrayed the country in a bad light.

So Podolski’s joke was bound to offend some people.

https://twitter.com/Ankaman616/status/636944955014008832

https://twitter.com/taigozin/status/637083726086713348

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