Everyone made the same joke about Panama's Gabriel Gomez, Celtics' Kyrie Irving
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This is Gabriel Gomez, who plays as a midfielder for Panama:
This is Kyrie Irving, a point guard for the Boston Celtics:
They look alike, a fact that countless Twitter users couldn't resist remarking on during Panama's loss to Belgium on Monday:
Since when is kyrie Panamanian? #BELPAN #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/N42XkjePsH
— Cubs 40-28 (@P0liwhirl) June 18, 2018
Kyrie playing for Panama apparently pic.twitter.com/p5dWEvBXie
— 🇨🇦M. Scott DFS🏀 (@DFSBBallGuy) June 18, 2018
Panama has kyrie on defense but expects ppl to take them serious pic.twitter.com/BzQaNRNE0d
— Cloutémoc Blanco 🇲🇽 (@TrillSmith) June 18, 2018
Wow guess Kyrie was healthy enough to play in the World Cup pic.twitter.com/OEdW5oD7AE
— 12up (@12upSport) June 18, 2018
Kyrie Irving be like „Maybe I missed the NBA Playoffs but I’m not gonna miss the #worldcup“ #belpan #wm2018 #WC2018 pic.twitter.com/wnPWvqVY18
— Chris Sahler (@chryssindor) June 18, 2018
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