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Ian Darke is also upset by Rodrigo Palacio’s rat tail

Finally, a little bit of attention for the most horrifying hairstyle in the World Cup.

Ronald Martinez

It’s wise, maybe, not to speak of Rodrigo Palacio’s distinctive, very thin, and extremely horrifying rat tail. Not speaking of it will, sadly, not make the Argentine forward’s alarmingly long strand of head-fettucine go away, but there is no reason to bring it up, especially given that literally everything that has happened in the World Cup has been more fun to think about and watch than this particular follicular mishap.

But we’ll suspend the “let us never speak of this” rule for Ian Darke. He’s earned it.

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