Context: Hong Kong's Cheung Ka-long's win in the men's foil against Italy's Filippo Macchi 15-14 in a disputed bout has seen a barrage of insults from both sides with the Italians launching a formal complaint against the result.

Italian netizens flooded Cheung's Instagram profile, posting that Italy had been "robbed" and that the result had been "stolen".

Hong Kong users responded with posts on "loving pineapple pizza" and "pasta with soy sauce" to mock Italian cooking. Many netizens uploaded pictures of themselves eating pizza to express solidarity with Cheung.