Watch This Canberra Soccer Match Get Interrupted By A Literal Soccer Roo
Canberra's answer to the World Cup.
Forget the Socceroos, there’s a literal soccer roo in town. In Canberra over the weekend, a premier league soccer match was interrupted by a local kangaroo who just decided to sub on, and they caught the whole glorious thing on tape.
The kangaroo in question seemed to be really enjoying the action just before half time, when it was captured watching intently from the sidelines. Apparently not content with just watching, though, it then jumped onto the field for a shot at glory.
This fella was in no rush to let the second half of @BLUE_DEVILSFC v @CanberraFC1 get underway. #NPLW #Canberra pic.twitter.com/oPqiiCpnh5
— CapitalFootball (@CapitalFootball) June 24, 2018
This, unfortunately, did not go well for our poor friend. Have a look at this goalkeeping:
the socceroos' goalkeeping has really gone downhill lately pic.twitter.com/SwRGYPERCE
— sam langford (@_slangers) June 25, 2018
Not to mention this diving:
the Neymar: pic.twitter.com/2ej4yHIc9z
— sam langford (@_slangers) 25 June 2018
At one point, people started just punting balls towards the roo to get it to leave the field, without much success. It hung around for the next half hour or so, delaying the second half for about 20 minutes and continuing to interrupt play once it started.
Finally, in a dramatic exit, it busted through the middle of the game to bound out the gates and off into the sunset. You can see the highlights reel here:
A brief summary of why the second half was delayed today at Deakin, between @BLUE_DEVILSFC & @CanberraFC1 .
?? @BarTVsports pic.twitter.com/86mypdYf3B— CapitalFootball (@CapitalFootball) June 24, 2018
There’s also a much longer video of the soccer roo’s escapades available here (start at 56 minutes). You can also watch the (human) Socceroos play Peru in the World Cup at midnight AEST on Wednesday.