Tweeted Muhammad Ali as 'greatest footballer', girl is now an internet sensation

Madiha Abdullah
Jun 5, 2016 14:37 MYT

Netizens apparently thought the mistake was hilarious, some even to the extend of trolling her using fake accounts.

A girl from India has become an internet sensation after she mistakenly identified boxing legend, Muhammad Ali as footballer.

In her tweet uploaded yesterday, she even compared Ali to a few great footballers, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Maradona and Lionel Messi.

RIP Mohammed Ali. The best footballer of all time better than Ronaldo Maradona and Messi
— Anadita Patel (@Anandita_patel1) June 4, 2016

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She later explained why she made the mistake, and it was because she confused him with football extraordinaire, Pele.

sorry peeps. My bad, confused him with Pele. I only follow cricket. And Kohli is better than Tendulkar :)
— Anadita Patel (@Anandita_patel1) June 4, 2016

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According to Patel, she is a cricket fan and hasn't been following other kind of sports.

Netizens apparently thought the mistake was hilarious, some even to the extend of trolling her using fake accounts.

#Anadita_patel over night star u got it in u girl, perfect Bollywood material /p>— sathender mandala (@sathya_mandala) June 5, 2016

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Anadita Patel just nailed it..one tweet and she is a legend pic.twitter.com/8l2q6a6KJO
— Rahul Singh (@rahul16march) June 5, 2016

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Anadita Patel parody accounts pic.twitter.com/O6EtA3nf5N
— Shan (@klpe) June 4, 2016

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But there still some who are more rational, open to forgive her and thought her mistake was just a naive one.

#Anadita Patel #Muhammad Ali #Pele