Hannover 96 had to rely on a penalty shootout to get them past 1.FC Köln in the German Pokal first round earlier this evening.
Hannover were cruising to a 1-0 win when their influential playmaker… er… me… was distracted by a playful beagle flinging both itself and a nauseatingly damp half of its owl chew toy at me, allowing Köln to sneak a last minute equaliser.
’96 have huge concerns of a similar incident as they head away to cup specialists Bayer Leverkusen in the next round, but they needn’t worry, as I’ve now shut the dog in the kitchen for remainder of the tournament.