Furry pitch invader steals the show - and ball - in Mexican game

Sept 29 (Reuters) - A pitch-侵略するing dog gave ground staff the runaround after the slippery canine stole the ball and 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d around the pitch in a Mexican second-tier game between Alebrijes de Oaxaca and Dorados de Sinaloa on Wednesday.

Oaxaca (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Dorados 4-0 but the 最高潮の場面 of the match (機の)カム as the clock 攻撃する,衝突する 90 minutes.

The dog sprinted on to the pitch and 需要・要求するd the ball from Sinaloa keeper Hernan Mendoza, who reluctantly 投げ上げる/ボディチェックするd it aside when the 審判(をする) stopped the game so stewards could enter the pitch and 勧める the animal away.

But as a steward approached the dog with a leash, the furry pitch invader managed to tightly 持つ/拘留する the football in its mouth before running に向かって the centre circle, 避けるing ground staff desperate to take him away.

Within seconds, the dog had transformed the 16,000-capacity stadium into its own personal bull (犯罪の)一味 as 'Ole's rang around the 円形競技場 when several members of the ground staff tried -- and comically failed -- to catch it.

As players also joined the chase, the agile pooch kept 所有/入手 for more than a minute and masterfully skirted several challenges before one player finally caught him and ground staff 誘惑するd him off the pitch with a spare ball.

"Our new best friend is 罰金 and with us in Templo Alebrije after having debuted in @LigaMXExpansion," Oaxaca said on X, 以前は known as Twitter.

"Our new 増強 went to を受ける his 医療の 実験(する)s to be 公式に 貸付金d in the coming days," they 追加するd. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis)

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