Putin's umbrella hogs all limelight at FIFA WC presentation

ANI  |  Moscow [Russia] 

Russian Vladimir Putin's umbrella stole the show at the presentation ceremony of cup 2018 amid a post-match downpour in

Apparently, all of them were unfazed by the lack of any specific effort to shield them from the rain.

However, later someone managed to rustle up a few umbrellas (smaller ones) for the visiting guests, as per several

Soon after the picture of surfaced on social media, Tweeple could not maintain their calm, and have responded to it.

"Only gets an umbrella," tweeted.

"Big umbrella for Putin, late small umbrella for guests, or as Trump would call it, "power move". Lame," tweeted

"Putin to @EmmanuelMacron : "my umbrella is my umbrella, its not your umbrella, you French fry get yourself soaked in rain first," a user wrote.

Another hilarious tweet read, "Sir how many umbrellas should we bring?

Putin: Just one. They didn't let us win. Let them soak!"

"Bucketing down now. They've only brought one umbrella, and it's for Putin. He is NOT sharing it," tweeted.

A female user wrote, "Fun fact: while Putin is being shielded by an umbrella, Croatia's is a 46-year-old conservative woman who is getting soaked and doesn't seem to care."

"Russian President Putin is so powerful that he invoked the rain on officials during trophy presentation ceremony. Take that USA LOL," read another tweet.

On related note, on Sunday won its second Cup title after defeating in a high-octane final at the in

In a tournament filled with dramatic ups and downs, stood tall in the end, keeping cool at all times despite not being in its sublime form in the group stage.

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First Published: Mon, July 16 2018. 07:45 IST