Is Rodrigo Palacio's off-centre rat-tail the worst haircut in World Cup history?
In a World Cup staged where the beautiful game was born, an ugly side has also emerged. Not a Uruguay striker's act of cannibalism or allegations of match fixing out of Africa... but the haircut sported by one Rodrigo Palacio.
An audience of millions were forced to look twice when the Argentina striker came on as a substitute during his side's toiling Last 16 victory over Switzerland in Sao Paulo - with a hairstyle that can only be described as an asymmetric rat-tail.
The rat-tail cut, usually favoured by the likes of Euro metalheads, Australian 'bogans' and penalty missing Italian forwards, ranks alongside the mullet as one of the worst hairstyles in history - but to then wear it to one side is a hair crime that not even an East London hipster would consider.
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![Crime against hair: Argentina striker Rodrigo Palacio sports an asymmetrical rattail at the World Cup](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1EFF609000000578-472_634x435.jpg)
Crime against hair: Argentina striker Rodrigo Palacio sports an asymmetrical rattail at the World Cup
![Off centre: Even Shoreditch hipsters would think twice before trying something so alternative](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1F4EC8F400000578-487_634x435.jpg)
Off centre: Even Shoreditch hipsters would think twice before trying something so alternative
![What was he thinking? Rodrigo Palacio's haircut looks like the result of a blind game of 'pin the donkey's tail'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1F4EC87000000578-770_634x435.jpg)
What was he thinking? Rodrigo Palacio's haircut looks like the result of a blind game of 'pin the donkey's tail'
![Brazil nut: Neymar](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1F3A115100000578-386_306x423.jpg)
![Bad barnet: Arturo Vidal](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1F37D4E000000578-576_306x423.jpg)
Bad hair day! Neymar (L) and Arturo Vidal have brought their individual sense of style to the World Cup
![Dread and buried: Bacary Sagna's dyed blond braids would take some beating in the bad hair stakes](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-1F20EA4700000578-625_634x435.jpg)
Dread and buried: Bacary Sagna's dyed blond braids would take some beating in the bad hair stakes
Even at a tournament that has seen such bad barnets as Neymar's bleached mohawk, Arturo Vidal's barber shop massacre and Bacary Sagna's braided blond caterpillars - the Inter Milan striker stands alone.
In fact, Palacio would give Carlos Valderama's afro, Ronaldo's lonely island and even Alexis Lalas' beard a run for their money.
Let us know who you think who you think has the worst haircut in World Cup history...
![Lonely island: Ronaldo](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-0052E1D100000258-81_196x440.jpg)
Lonely island: Ronaldo
![Fabulous furry: Carlos Valderama](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-000D33B800000258-569_196x440.jpg)
Fabulous furry: Carlos Valderama
![Weird beard: Alexi Lalas](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/01/article-2676973-000E092400000258-577_196x440.jpg)
Weird beard: Alexi Lalas
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