In this old clip from the 1986 European Cup Winners’ Cup match between Dynamo Kiev and Atletico Madrid, the game was stopped as the players chased a feathered pitch-invader. Despite several tackle attempts (both in the soccer sense of tackling and the football sense), the chicken runs free all the way to the sideline…

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The rain in Spain may fall mainly on the plain, but the snow apparently falls on Spanish goalkeepers.

A match between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao had to be stopped for a time as opposing fans pelted Bilbao’s goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz with snowballs.

Referee Cesar Muniz Fernandez said:
Before the start of the game, and…

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