Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Thursday, September 18, 2025 21:22 / Updated Thursday, September 18, 2025 21:33
Laura Woods sparked laughter among football fans on Wednesday night, with an embarrassing joke during the Champions League transmission to TNT Sports. The experienced presenter committed the error in the post-hand analysis of the spectacular duel between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid.
Virgil Van Dijk turned on Wednesday night into Liverpool's great hero, scoring Victoria's goal into extensions in the Champions League with Atlético Madrid. However, the Dutch name was at the center of an embarrassing moment after the match.
Laura Woods, lively proportions at TNT Sports: “Virgin Val … Virgil Van Dijk …”
Van Dijk's surname differs only by a single letter from the word “virgin”, which refers to people who have not started their sunbeam. This led to a major jerk from the presenter.
During the summary of the match, Woods described the goal from the extensions as follows: “A winner in the 92nd minute of Liverpool's captain, Virgin Val … Virgil Van Dijk …”, after which she laughed, according to Sportnieuws.nl.
The fans did not believe their ears and stormed the social networks to distribute the blah, amusing. “He even named Laura Woods Virgin Van Dijk?”, A fan wrote.
Fans claim it would be the second time Laura Woods is posting the name of van Dijk
Apparently, it was not the first time he made this joke. Some fans have emphasized that it was already the second time when he was committing the same error during a transmission. “It is the second time that Laura Woods called Van Dijk 'Virgin',” someone wrote, according to the quoted source.
However, this joke was not the only topic of discussion around the top Dutch footballer. Van Dijk was overwhelmed with praises from critics. For example, Liverpool's legend and CBS Sports analyst Jamie Carragher was speechless to express the defender's status.
Carragher considered that we underestimate Van Dijk, calling him only one of the best central defenders in the world or a legend of Liverpool. “Many players are called legends because they have won the Champions Championship or League. There are a lot of such cases. But in my opinion, there is a difference between these legends and the giants of a club, as I call them.”
