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England fan hits Peru player with paper aeroplane from top tier of Wembley VIDEO: England fan hits Peru player in the head - with a paper plane
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Football fans are often criticised for throwing objects at players on the pitch. When fans begin making their own entertainment by throwing paper planes it's a sure sign that there isn't much excitement on the pitch.
However, one England fan was celebrated last night, after a paper aeroplane that he threw hit a Peru player standing over 50 metres away. That's what happened last night at Wembley as England broke down an unambitious Peru side to eventually win 3-0. The scoreline suggests there was more entertainment than there really was, with only Daniel Sturridge's goal a moment of real class on the night.
The unidentified man was sitting in the back row of the second tier of the 90,000 seater Wembley stadium, when he, along with others, decided to make and throw paper aeroplanes made from the paper clappers that had been given to supporters before the game. And so it was that fans began to turn the sheets of paper that they were given to hold up during the national anthem into crude contraptions to throw onto the pitch.
Showing that Daniel Sturridge was not the only one capable of precision and great aim, the unidentified man lined up his target and "let fly." Few of the many attempts made it onto the pitch. In fact, I can personally testify that many more made it into the press box with the risk of being hit from above a real risk throughout reporting on the game.
While the other aeroplanes fell quickly into the crowd below them, the unidentified man’s creation continued to glide through the Wembley air, cheered on by supporters in that section of the ground. The one's that did make it onto the pitch were greeted with cheers almost as big as those reserved for the night's goals. However one plane in particular received the biggest cheer of the entire night.
As it approached the pitch, it was Peru’s Hansell Rioja who was the unlucky victim. Watch the incident...
The plane homed in on the Peruvian defender and crash landed into the back of his head - leading to cheers from around the ground.
Although the exact distance is not known, it could not have been too far off the world record for farthest paper aeroplane flight ever recorded, when Joe Ayoob’s plane achieved a distance of over 226ft.
  
  A superbly designed attempt thrown from the top tier of the West Stand made it's way onto the pitch and while 83,000 saw where it was heading, one person didn't, the player it hit. Peru player Hansell Riojas was hit in the back of the head to the great delight of the England fans.