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There’s a lot going on here.

Falconer Juan Bernabé shared the images on his private social media accounts after undergoing surgery for a penile implant, which he said was for non-medical reasons.

Bernabé also gave an interview to controversial Italian radio show La Zanzara on Monday and elaborated on his reasons for undergoing the procedure.

Bernabé added that he felt “very proud” and “more masculine” being part of Lazio. The Serie A club clearly did not feel the same as it fired the Spaniard shortly afterward.

https://apnews.com/article/lazio-eagle-falconer-fired-cc2e23c88825aa76f2759e5144f6caec

Apparently this was done for a very understandable medical reason: wanting to get hard on demand.

In an interview with radio station Radio 24, Bernabé explained that the implant allows him to control his erections and how long he lasts during sexual activity, explaining that he "has to ejaculate whenever I have some free time." He went on to say that it was a "marvelous surgery" and that his erection is "natural, but with this implant, I can press a button that lets me perfectly control both the erection and the duration."

Everyone loves sex. I don't drink, don't smoke, and don't do drugs, but I like sex, like all men, and men always try to have better sexual capabilities. I'm a very active man, and I live with a partner, but I go out with other women. My partner knows about it because she understands that, to me, sex is a necessity, she has a very open mind. I'd like to have sex one or two times a day.

https://defector.com/lazio-fires-fascist-falconer-for-posting-penis-implant-pictures
 
Weird how all these bad apples keep landing near this tree. Probably just sheer coincidence and further evidence of anti-Italian discrimination on the part of biased foreign media.
Lazio suspend falconer over ‘chants in support of Mussolini’
Lazio have suspended falconer Juan Bernabe after a video showed him cheering for Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Bernabe is the person responsible for flying Lazio's eagle mascot around the Stadio Olimpico ahead of kick-off. But a video, posted on social media, showed him chanting "duce, duce" — Mussolini's nickname — with a group of Lazio fans after their win over Inter Milan last weekend.
He was also filmed allegedly performing a fascist salute.
https://slate.com/culture/2001/09/mussolini-s-team.html
Meet the Irriducibile, the fascist Lazio ultras who worship Mussolini
Great-grandson of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini signs for Lazio
https://apnews.com/article/lazio-hitler-fascist-songs-munich-20cca53e83e68e234ca1786c54de4b18
https://apnews.com/article/lazio-antisemitism-stadium-ban-91c21c9b1e457735cde9db626642c0b4
https://apnews.com/article/lazio-antisemitism-fascism-fans-bcbe14bc6c2441fa3e0d23b43351926a
Celtic vs Lazio: The Champions League tie that became a political powderkeg
 
The political bent in Italian soccer fascinates me, but it would be tiresome to deal with on the regular. I don’t even know what Inter’s politics are, and to the degree I have a favorite Italian team, they’re it.
 
I literally live in a state where the second-most popular team famously has an eagle soar over the stadium pregame, and yet I have never heard anyone at Auburn described as the team falconer. For that matter, how is it the Atlanta Falcons have never employed a falconer? No wonder they choke in Super Bowls.
 
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He just presses a button? Damn.

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I covered a game at Georgia Southern once when the eagle did its pregame flight thing but never returned to the falconer (or whatever you call the person) on the field. The eagle was later spotted eating leftover chicken wings at someone's tailgate.
This demands a late Dave Niehaus home run call.
 
I covered a game at Georgia Southern once when the eagle did its pregame flight thing but never returned to the falconer (or whatever you call the person) on the field. The eagle was later spotted eating leftover chicken wings at someone's tailgate.

 
I wish I could ever write a sentence like "In an interview with radio station Radio 24, Bernabé explained that the implant allows him to control his erections and how long he lasts during sexual activity, explaining that he 'has to ejaculate whenever I have some free time.'"
 
Just another day in boring ol' Serie A, then.
Nute (@nutedawn.bsky.social)
L'ex falconiere della Lazio si barrica a Formello: "Chiede perdono e urla". Ma Lotito è irremovibile
Per Google Translate:
Juan Bernabè , Lazio's historic falconer , has been relieved of his duties by president Claudio Lotito for publishing intimate photos after an operation to implant a penile prosthesis. But he has not yet left the guesthouse in Formello, where he has lived for 15 years, that is, since he began working for the Biancoceleste club. Those who were at the Biancoceleste sports center today, reports Corriere della Sera, said they were worried about his safety: the falconer has barricaded himself in his room where he is completing the post-operative recovery and is desperately screaming to ask the president to reconsider his decision. However, given the current state of affairs, a reconsideration does not seem to be on the horizon.
 

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