What a year 2020 has been, and not in a good way at all. Dogs make everything better, though, and that’s why the above clip gets my vote for viral video of the year (yes, even above seeing black goo ooze out of Rudy Giuliani). Who wouldn’t be thrilled to see this pup sprint onto a soccer field, mid-match, while brandishing a cleat, looking all cute, and hoping to receive applause for his own performance?
Even the players in this Bolivian match were charmed. According to Reuters, the “incident” (which, let’s face it, is a word that does not accurately or fairly capture the overwhelmingly positive feel of what happened here) shut down the match for three minutes, but no one seemed upset about the inconvenience. Nope, this very good canine received belly rubs for shaking up what was eventually a victory for The Strongest 3-0 over Nacional de Potosi.
There appears to be no followup on who the pup belonged to or how he entered the field, but hopefully, it got some treats (after a Nacional player scooped him off and carted the dog off the field and another player gave it an affectionate rub on the noggin) and was reunited with its lucky humans. What a sweet boy and the winner of everything.