A dog breaks into the Americup qualifying match between Chile and Argentina! | Relief

Imagine that you are in the middle of a basketball game and suddenly The game has to stop because there is a dog in the middle of the field…Surreal, right? As this This is what has happened to the Argentina of Facundo Campazzo and Gaby Deck during their second Americup qualifying match against Chile this Sunday. And no, it’s no joke.

The first quarter was almost half over. The Chilean player Felipe Haase had just scored the basket that made it 7-6 for Chile on the scoreboard and it was Argentina’s turn to put the ball into play. At that time, Bayern Munich player Leandro Bolmaro, Nico Brussino (Dreamland Gran Canaria), Marcos Delía (Udinese) and Real Madrid players Gaby Deck and Facu Campazzo. And the latter had the ball, when in the middle of the play the game had to be stopped.

The reason? A dogwhich had previously been done with another of the balls prepared for the game, he had jumped onto the park in the middle of the crash. All in the face of the disbelief of the players, coaches, referees… And of all those attending the match. But not only that. In that animal walk through the field He almost took out Bolmaro, who even had to avoid him.

The situation, which took place at the Antonio Azurmendy Riveros Municipal Coliseum in Valdivia (Chile), soon went viral because of how surreal it was. Even FIBA ​​was quick to publish the video where the dog is seen invading the field.. And social networks were flooded with comments about it.

At that moment, the game itself, in which Chile seemed to dominate almost the entire first half against the Argentine team, took a backseat. AND The protagonist was, as the networks called, “basketball dog” which, without a doubt, brought the anecdote to the FIBA ​​Sales this February. Although it has not been the only animal protagonist of the month.

Of course, this is not the first time something like this has happened. A few weeks ago, at the women’s Olympic qualifiers, a cat He also wanted to take center stage and walked around the pitch during the Brazil-Australia match that was played in Belem (Brazil).