Everybody loves a good sports dog. The world was particularly blessed on Sunday when a very good dog invaded a Turkish soccer pitch, trying to get in on the action.

📌 "Topu baya sürüyor, dikine oynuyor. 8 numaralı arkadaşın bir müdahalesi var, sonrasında top taca çıkıyor. Çok sevimli!"



🐶 Bugün oynanan Fatih Karagümrük - Giresunspor maçında sahaya giren sevimli dostumuzun pozisyonu, #GünSonu'nda mercek altına alındı. pic.twitter.com/l91mFN8H7R — beIN SPORTS Türkiye () February 16, 2020

The very furry and adorable incident happened during a TFF First League match between Fatih Karagumruk Spor and Giresunspor in Istanbul, Turkey.

The dog took the field like a new version of Air Bud: World Pup and chased after the ball, interrupting play but embracing sweet, sweet freedom in all its glory.

A pitch-invading dog earned praise for its ball skills from a live TV commentator after it held up play in a professional Turkish soccer match https://t.co/V2KJ8Jwfor pic.twitter.com/4BneYQ10Kw — Reuters () February 17, 2020

At one point, players rolled a ball to the sidelines in an effort to get the dog off the field but to no avail as the VERY GOOD BOY OR GIRL simply took the ball back on the pitch.

Semtte her canlı inandı bu takım bu sene süper lige #karagümrük pic.twitter.com/XaB15HRy3N — abi.emir () February 16, 2020

Eventually, one of the players simply picked the dog up and removed it from the pitch. The pup, clearly disappointed, didn't put up much of a fight.

Fatih Karagumruk Spor took the match 2-1 but the real winner of the day was that very good soccer dog.

Run wild, run free, little guy.

Source: Mashable

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