📸 A dog in the stands?! This World Cup really has it all

As Bernd Stromberg once so aptly said: "A dog in the office? I might as well write my own resignation right away!"

Even more absurd than a four-legged friend at work, however, were the images the TV cameras captured during the World Cup match between Argentina and Cape Verde. 

In the VIP stands sat a dog wearing ear protectors, apparently following the action on the pitch far more attentively than its owner.

While Lionel Messi and co. were battling the brave underdogs for a place in the round of 16, the shaggy spectator kept being picked up by the TV cameras and quickly became the star of the evening.

And, as is the way these days, it didn’t take long for the four-legged fan to conquer social media as well. An Instagram profile created especially for him gathered more than two million followers in no time.

You can criticize this World Cup for a lot of things. But one thing you definitely can’t say is that it lacks spectacular, bizarre, and sometimes completely crazy stories.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.