To most Germans it is a perfectly innocent picture of sporting heroes battling for glory in the Olympics.

But two German hockey players have become the butt of the joke online after their names formed an unfortunate message during a game against Canada.

Linus Butt and Florian Fuchs were part of a German team that destroyed their Canadian opponents 6-2 in a group stage fixture on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.

Linus Butt and Florian Fuchs were part of a German team that destroyed their Canadian opponents 6-2 in a group stage fixture on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro

Footage shows the two men standing standing with their backs to the camera during the game with the surnames on their shirts side-by-side.

But Twitter immediately reacted with one user, Kris Kristensen, posting the image along with the caption: 'This one's for the 12 year old in all of us.'

Another, Kelly Clay, wrote: 'Just saw a pic of the 2 German field hockey players standing next to each other... What did we ever do before social media?!'

Reaction: Twitter users picked up on the unfortunate positioning of the names

In the match, Moritz Furste scored the first of his two girls just two minutes into the match.

Niklas Wellen also scored twice before Mathias Muller and Butt made it six for the Germans.

Mark Pearson and Keegan Pereira scored the Canada's two goals.



