Rodrigo De Paul got embarrassingly tackled by a pigeon against Venezuela match

Rodrigo De Paul got an embarrassing  tackle by a pigeon during a match against Venezuela in the quarter-final round of the Copa America.

Argentina advanced to the semi-finals of the Copa America through a comfortable score line of 2-0 against Venezeula. However, Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul had an uncomfortable moment on the field, when he was tripped down by a pigeon.

The 25-year-old player was trying to keep a hold on the ball against two players from the opposition, when the Udinese star got an interruption by a pigeon on the field.

Thus, Rodrigo fell down on the pitch, when the uninvited guest came on the way of Rodrigo. The pigeon later flew, as soon as the match ball rolled over it.

Here is the video

Argentina have shown encouraging improvement since Rodrigo De Paul was tackled by a pigeon in the first minute. pic.twitter.com/z5XEIhQkGg

— Daniel Edwards 💚 (@DanEdwardsGoal) June 28, 2019

It was surely an embarrassing sight for the Argentine International, who did not see this coming, before thinking of giving a further lead to Argentina with his heroic dribble.

Although, the plans to attack were spoiled but Argentina went onto win the tie any way, and will now play against Brazil in the semi-final clash of the tournament.

The ridiculous incident has left the fans laughing over the internet, and are now appreciating the defensive abilities of the pigeon, as the Argentine International was not able to react, even though, he spotted the bird right in front of him.

Argentine contingent to the Copa America had a rough start to the campaign, but started to obtain results gradually. The South American side were thought to not even reach to the second round of the competition but are now in the semi-finals against their fiercest rivals-Brazil.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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