Turkey had a disappointing start to their Euro 2016 campaign losing 1-0 to Croatia at the Parc des Princes.
The manner in which Turkey conceded the only goal of the game sparked a social media storm thanks to the farcical behaviour of Ozan Tufan.
The 21-year-old holding midfielder was filmed sorting out his hair instead of busting a guy to close down Luka Modric who scored from a volley just outside the penalty area.
We took a look at the reaction to the ‘hair incident’ on social media.
If you haven’t seen the incident yet here it is in all its glory.
Tufan was mocked across social media becoming the subject of MEME’s and caricatures.
Ozan Tufan tidying his hair instead of stoping Modric#EURO2016 #tur #cro pic.twitter.com/Z8RBNWs9sc
— Omar Momani (@omomani) June 13, 2016
There were so many hair jokes.
#TUR’s Ozan Tufan is caught fixing his hair instead of closing down Luka Modric at #Euro2016 https://t.co/wBcqwWL6nk pic.twitter.com/jntky9OxJl
— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 13, 2016
The hair incident did not go down well with this tweeter.
Not only Ozan Tufan is fat, he's also busy making his hair while #Modric scores beauty. Is this Tufan pro player? ?? https://t.co/OXJwpirwHg
— mephobia (@mephobia8) June 12, 2016
Tufan was met with shock and dismay.
Just rewatched Modric goal… On the action, instead of running on the ball, Ozan Tufan was arranging his hair… Ahahhahaha…
What a joke!— Allan Kilic (@AllanKilic) June 12, 2016
Tufan made a name for all the wrong reasons yesterday.
FIXING YOUR HAIR RATHER THAN STOPPING A GOAL….PRICELESS!#euro2016 https://t.co/WVQeeQvdAu
— That's mine (@Thatsminecouk) June 13, 2016
Lowest point wasn't even losing and playing bad. It is OZAN TUFAN TRENDING for fixing his hair when Modric scored! https://t.co/pr5UFMfFP3
— Eren ☆ ☪ (@Erentelli12328) June 13, 2016
There were however, a few fans who defended him claiming that Tufan had been made into a scapegoat for what was in all honesty a poor performance from the entire team.
https://twitter.com/FBLegion1907/status/742024209472180224
Not surprised Ozan Tufan got best ratings from Turkey today from neutrals. Won most tackles and played very well overall.
— Jukkis Savolainen (@juginho1) June 12, 2016
There were also calls for Turkish national team boss Fatih Terim to shave off his hair.
https://twitter.com/iykibesiktasvar/status/742306292065304576
