The crowd went wild when an England fan scored – with a paper plane
GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
Published: Friday, 6 October 2017 at 9:12 am
England may have qualified for next year’s football World Cup with their 1-0 victory over Slovenia on Thursday night, but it wasn’t the most exciting game for fans. In fact, after a snooze-worthy first half at Wembley, many entertained themselves by making paper aeroplanes.
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And then it happened. One plane took off from the stands and flew across the pitch, swerved towards Joe Hart’s goalposts and, with a last-second dip, crossed the line. The fans went wild.
[Prepare to avert your eyes: there's an actual swear word in the Tweet below]
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Back of the net! Let’s re-play that from another angle…
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The beautiful game indeed.
But spare a thought for Michael Keane, who was being substituted on for Raheem Sterling at the time. To him, it would initially have looked if the crowd was celebrating his arrival.
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But still, after a 94th-minute goal from Harry Kane (with a ball, not a plane), England are on their way to the World Cup finals in Russia next year. That’s something to celebrate, right?
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