Famous OGC Great eagle mascot and instructor blasted by sprinkler

There are couple of mascots in globe football as immediately recognisable as Mefi — the eagle of OGC Nice, who mirrors the club’s crest and carries out a significant flight around the Allianz Riviera prior to kick-off.

The spectacle was once more on program in advance of Nice’s Europa Organization clash with AS Roma on Thursday, but what was expected to be a display of power and satisfaction rapidly became an even more comical scene.

As Mefi swooped down towards her fitness instructor, that was preparing to hand her a reward, among the pitch lawn sprinklers suddenly barked to life at full force. Both bird and instructor were quickly soaked, the jets firing with such force that the fitness instructor was left rushing to pull out his drenched in-ear earphones.

For a flash he looked totally taken aback, before getting into a smile and giving the crowd a reassuring thumbs-up. Extremely, Mefi herself seemed unbothered by the sudden saturating, continuing her routine with poise– though it’s secure to think the eagle didn’t delight in the mistimed shower.

The mishap attracted lots of laughter, however, for Franck Haise’s side the night worsened from there. Wonderful slipped to a 2 – 1 loss versus Roma, seen on by owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe– whose INEOS group likewise possesses Manchester United.

Just as Mefi’s pre-match plan went awry, so also did Nice’s, leaving the home fans soaked in frustration rather than event.

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