As the world gears up for the biggest footballing carnival in Europe Euro 2016, UEFA will hope that the event is spectacular enough to drown out their embarrassing blunder.
UEFA had hoped to make sizeable income from the Euro 2016 merchandise featuring the mascot—a small boy named ‘Super Victor’ with superpowers sporting a cape. Potential buyers might be in for a surprise when they look for the mascot memorabilia on Google or Amazon. Unfortunately Super Victor is also the name of a sex toy.
A UEFA spokesman said, “All we can say is that they [the sex toys] are not produced by UEFA.”
UEFA said on its website, “The name Super Victor is based on the idea of victory and references the boy’s superpowers that he gained when he found the magic cape, boots and ball.
The newly named mascot will journey around France, making a series of appearances for UEFA and its partners between now and the finals.”
The unnamed mascot was first revealed in November, 2014, at a France friendly as the build-up to Euro 2016 began. The name ‘Super Victor’ beat the contenders ‘Driblou’ and ‘Goalix’ receiving 48 per cent of the votes out 100,000 that were cast in a social media poll.
