VIDEO: Liverpool Mascot’s Failed Handshake Attempt With Tottenham’s Heung Min Son Draws Sympathy From X Users

Football mascots have the most exciting job in the world. Every weekend, they have the job of walking out with their favorite football players. A recent video uploaded on Twitter of the Liverpool mascot has gathered much attention recently.

The video shows how a Liverpool team’s mascot gets ignored by Heung Min Son. However, the whole video is only 17 seconds long. It has already gathered 22.1 m views online. People have shown a lot of sympathy for the young mascot after failing to get a handshake.

Liverpool Mascot Got Completely Overlooked

The video shows Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur team players lining up before their match. Along with the team, the team’s mascots are also waiting in front of them. Not every day, you have the privilege of sharing the stage with World Class Footballers. We see all these players in the video, the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker, and World Cup winner McAllister. However, the kid gets excited after seeing Tottenham Hotspur’s Heung Min Son.

The boy looks spellbound after seeing Son. However, the incident does not look intentional, as Son was busy greeting the Liverpool players. However, the boy had the privilege of meeting Son before the match started.

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The match ended with Liverpool going down to 9 men and playing the last twenty minutes of the game with just nine men. Diego Jota and Curtis Jones both received red cards in the match. Tottenham Hotspur managed to win the game 2-1 after Joel Matip scored an unfortunate own goal in the 96th minute of the game.

Netizens Reacted to the Incident

The online fans have also reacted to the incident. Most of them felt sorry for the young boy in the video.

Yogesh commented on how the boy innocently waits for a handshake and then finally claps on his own.

One user commented Poor Kid after seeing the whole video on the internet.

Elites Sport also commented on the post and mentioned how the boy would have felt.

Another user commented and took a dig at Son for not seeing the boy right in front of him.

YSTAR commented as to how the boy was devastated.

Incidents like these happen in a football match. Players focus on the game and sometimes they miss these little things. Luckily, the boy got a chance to meet his idol before the game started. What would you have done in such kind of situation? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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