The world of football was supposed to still be reeling from Sam's iconic display in Reale Arena as a false 9, but instead of that, borrowing the momentum of his big name, another extremely controversial news took momentum.
A storm brewed online…
(BBC News:)
(Sam, the maverick footballer, or a notorious sexual assault?)
(Videos and images attached=)
It was just 10 minutes after the conclusion of the Real Sociedad game that the videos and images were posted at first, and it was posted by a Nigerian Instagram account going by the username of Amaka Glimz.
At first, it didn't gather much momentum on the internet but after a stroke of coincidence where BBC reposted the Instagram videos and images, broadcasting it in their news did it blow up.
It blew up, attracting a storm in its wake.
At first, people refused to believe what they saw but trust online keyboard warriors, research was part of their job description.