A FAN with frighteningly accurate aim takes out a drone with a roll of TOILET PAPER.
Video footage emerged of the air-born device circling the pitch during an Argentinian cup game between Gimnasia de Mendoza and CA Mitre.
But one supporter, with skills darts ace Michael van Gerwen would envy, stops it mid-flight with an amazing shot from the stands.
The toilet paper becomes entangled in one of the drone’s propellers and the whole object spirals down onto the pitch.
A member of the crowd is then seen inspecting the electronic gadget, which appears to be in good nick.
A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle steered by a remote controller.
They have become more commonplace in football due to their ability to record from new heights and angles other cameras cannot reach.
Charlton youth coach David Powderly told FourFourTwo: “Football is subjective a lot of the time, but with a drone you’re able give accurate feedback.
“If you’re a centre-forward and need to stop a centre-back from switching play, you can show the player and say ‘this is the type of run you can make.’
“I think it accelerates learning more than a fixed camera.”
In 2014 a match was abandoned when a drone was used to invade the Rajko Mitic Stadium during Serbia’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Albania, displaying a flag of the visitors’ nation.
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Serbia’s Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, called the incident a “political provocation”.
A man was arrested in 2016 after Liverpool’s pre-season friendly against Huddersfield was stopped by a drone.
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