Football fans have taken to Twitter in their masses to react to a remote control car, which ferried the match ball onto the field of play ahead of Turkey vs Italy.
Ladies and gentleman, Euro 2020 has arrived.
As if the legendary Andrea Bocelli performing ‘Nessun dorma’ on the turf of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome wasn’t enough to get us all hyped for the European Championships, the tournament organisers had another trick up their sleeves.
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A remote control car, à la the kind we see bringing the ball onto the field of play in Ligue 1, covered in Uber Eats branding, drove across the field and towards the centre-circle, where it deposited the ball ahead of kick-off.
It’s unconventional, but you can only imagine how much Volkswagen had to pay to have their branding on the side of the car, with the eyes of the world watching, and half of them taking to Twitter to laugh at it.
Here’s what a chunk of the football world had to say…
That’s it, the tournament has peaked, someone managed to create a dumb remote control sponsored car for the ball. pic.twitter.com/ypDbsMaCz6
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 11, 2021
BALL IN A TINY CAR!
COULD IT GET ANY BETTER
— Max Rushden 💙 (@maxrushden) June 11, 2021
Someone said this is insigne’s car 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/SYNEE0c2C4
— 𝓛𝓲𝓪𝓶 🐝🏴 (@LJxmes) June 11, 2021
Absolutely GONE at this remote control car.
Gone.
I love football. So much.— Carl Anka (@Ankaman616) June 11, 2021
Safety Car already!? #TURITA #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/wlIzh3PvQ8
— Tom Bellingham (@TommyWTF1) June 11, 2021
The car’s heat map. #EURO2020 #ITA pic.twitter.com/TLF6LGm8or
— Louis Beneventi 🤌🏻⭐️⭐️ (@Louis_Beneventi) June 11, 2021
Match ball delivered by remote control car…#EURO2020 has already peaked! 😅 pic.twitter.com/1N01QMUvDa
— 90min (@90min_Football) June 11, 2021
someone said this car has had more minutes than Donny Van De Beek this season 😭😭#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/TZzfZgtouT
— 🏴 (@xAaronTHFC) June 11, 2021
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