Backlash after Argentina club starts influencer in top-flight football match
Social media influencer Iván Buhajeruk, better known as 'Spreen', started an Argentine league match despite having never played professionally - and the stunt has angered football players and fans.
Outrage in Argentina as influencer lines up for first division match
Deportivo Riestra selected a streamer known as "Spreen" for their match against Primera Division leaders Velez Sarsfield on Monday, before substituting the 24-year-old off after 78 seconds. He had  not touched the ball.
Anger in Argentina as social media influencer starts top-flight football match
Anger in Argentina as social media influencer starts top-flight football match - Argentina football legend Juan Sebastian Veron said the stunt showed “a total lack of respect for football and football
Argentine top flight team fields streamer in league match, upsets players
A top flight team in Argentina has fielded a social media influencer in a league match, in a move that upset rival players.
Argentine top-flight team plays influencer in league match
Iván Buhajeruk, better known as "Spreen," plays less than a minute in Deportivo Riestra's 1-1 draw vs. Velez Sarsfield.
Soccer-Argentine top-flight side draw fire after fielding influencer in match
Argentine club Deportivo Riestra were branded "shameful" and a "disgrace" after putting an influencer into the starting line-up for Monday's top-flight game against leaders Velez Sarsfield before substituting him inside the first minute.
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