Former Roma and Napoli defender Kostas Manolas has the courage of a lion on the field – but even he gets scared when an actual lion growls at him.

The Greece international spent much of his career in Serie A at Roma from 2014-19 and then moving on to Napoli until January 2022.

He returned home to Olympiacos and has now joined Sharjah FC, where he is again teammates with ex-Napoli midfielder Allan.

During the filming of a presentation clip for the UAE Pro League club, Manolas had a bit of a scare when the lion took a dislike to the defender.

3 thought on “Video: Manolas vs. Lion”
  1. I would give anything to see this happen to Ibra, the self proclaimed “lion”.

    PS: Nobody could convince me to take a photoshoot with a lion, tiger, bear, ape, orca…
    I’ll never forget what chimp Travis did to that poor woman.
    DON’T LOOK IT UP!

  2. That’s stupid,
    putting a fox in the midst of wolves.

    If I was unclear in the post above, I meant the same situation where lion’s roar would scare Ibra, making him trip over himself.

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