XtraTime Web Desk: Apparently Luzhniki Stadium had a slight lapse of security during its World Cup final match between France and Croatia. In the second half with France leading 2-1 and Croatia advancing the ball up the final third, a posse of pitch invaders interrupted the match before quickly being accosted and dragged — not so nicely — off the pitch.
Because if there’s one country you want to embarrass on a national stage with its president in attendance, it’s Russia.
What the actual…
Putin must be fuming.
Here the all action after pitch invasion, as you didn’t see on tv pic.twitter.com/c0v2E7TIh4— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) July 15, 2018
The real question is, how in the world do this many people even get on the field? For what it’s worth, Russian protest performance group Pussy Riot claimed responsibility shortly after the invaders stormed the field. The feminist punk rock group out of Moscow took to social media to post a statement regarding the invasion.
Luckily, the disruption was minimal and their 15 seconds of fame was more like five seconds. Both teams were visibly annoyed by the situation, with Croatia’s Dejan Lovren reacting to one of them himself, but play resumed shortly after.