{"id":302286,"date":"2023-12-13T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302286"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:54:15","slug":"colwill-defended-as-ex-rugby-star-insists-he-made-us-look-like-little-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/colwill-defended-as-ex-rugby-star-insists-he-made-us-look-like-little-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Colwill defended as ex-rugby star insists he &#8216;made us look like little boys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/Levi-Colwill-Tom-Garratt-5113360.jpg?r=1702473131771\"><\/p>\n<p>Levi Colwill has been defended by Tom Garratt after a video of the former professional rugby player scoring a goal against the 20-year-old Chelsea star went viral. Garratt joined ChrisMD on his YouTube channel for a football challenge that saw several big-name content creators pit their skills up against defenders of varying quality.<\/p>\n<p>ChrisMD teamed up with the likes of Danny Aarons, Manny and Yung Filly for the video, entitled &#8220;Every Time You Score, the Defender Gets Upgraded&#8221;. As the title suggests, ChrisMD and Co attempted to score against players from &#8220;YouTuber level&#8221; -Sidemen member Wroetoshaw &#8211; all the way up to a proven Champions League footballer &#8211; RB Salzburg&#8217;s Mads Bidstrup.<\/p>\n<p>Garratt, who co-hosts the popular Pitchside podcast, was Chris MD&#8217;s guest for one of the final days of the shoot when they squared off against Colwill in a one-on-one attacker vs defender drill. After multiple failed attempts, Garratt finally broke the deadlock by wrong-footing the Chelsea defender before rifling the ball into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n<p>The clip made the rounds on social media with many football fans insisting Colwill had &#8217;embarrassed&#8217; himself but the video lacked context. &#8220;Can we all calm down please this is after about 40 attempts where he made us look like little boys,&#8221; tweeted Garratt accompanied by a string of laughing emojis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure a ChrisMD video is his World Cup Final,&#8221; quipped ChrisMD on Twitter. &#8220;After 30 attempts of pocketing us he&#8217;s not even trying to block the shot lads hahaha.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Besides Colwill and Bidstrup, the YouTubers also took on professional footballers from the top five levels of the football pyramid. Representing the National League was Dagenham and Redbridge&#8217;s Aidan Francis-Clarke, then came League Two defender Paul Kalambayi of Wimbledon and League One representative Ryan Tafazolli, formerly of Southampton, now plying his trade with Wycombe Wanderers.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Arsenal double swoop, Chelsea consider three exits, Man Utd \u00a370m deal[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Four players Man Utd could sign if Ten Hag listens to Keane and ditches 10 flops[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Sancho Barcelona swap, Man City &#8216;crunch talks&#8217;, Man Utd snubbed[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/67\/590x\/secondary\/RB-Salzburg-Mads-Bidstrup-5113362.jpg?r=1702473131954\"><\/p>\n<p>Jack Stacey of Championship outfit Norwich City capped off the Football League players. 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