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| Paper plane hits Peru player during England friendly at Wembley | Paper plane hits Peru player during England friendly at Wembley |
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| England fans at Wembley on Friday evening were not exactly treated to a feast of football, despite the comprehensive 3-0 scoreline in favour of Roy Hodgson’s team … and on such occasions supporters are perfectly happy to make their own entertainment. | |
| Sometimes it means a series of Mexican waves. Sometimes those in the terraces get creative with their chants. On Friday, paper planes were the pastime du jour, made out of the pieces of card fans are given to hold up to make the giant crosses of St George during the national anthem. The press box came under bombardment. Those in the lower tiers were peppered. Some of the makeshift missiles found their way on to the pitch. And one found the head of a Peru player. | |
| Hansell Riojas was the unfortunate target, and, as the video below shows, incredibly the folded flyer came from the top tier of the national stadium: | Hansell Riojas was the unfortunate target, and, as the video below shows, incredibly the folded flyer came from the top tier of the national stadium: |
| Riojas was unarmed, though clearly surprised by the swooping airborne interloper. To avoid such instances in the future perhaps the FA could opt not to hand out the pieces of card that turn so handily into planes. Or failing that, England could actually provide some entertaining football … |