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Cat out of the bag

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Brazil are hoping it doesn’t become a World Cup cat-astrophe. A stray moggy was thrown off the table where star winger Vinicius Jr was being interviewed at a media conference in Qatar ahead of his side’s quarterfinal against Croatia tomorrow. The cat was lazing contentedly on the platform where Vinicius Jr was taking questions, but a man understood to be the team’s media officer picked it up by the scruff of the neck and fur on its back and dropped it onto the floor over the platform. Reporters sounded shocked and upset by the treatment of the cat, with the man seemingly indicating that was how he thought a cat was to be picked up. Vinicius Jr looked at him questioningly and seemed concerned before laughing at how the incident was handled. The cat looked none the worse for wear as it hung around the media conference.

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