In this clip, play is halted when a goat invades the pitch during Al Shorta v Al Hilal Omdurman in the Sudanese league.

No, not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo – you may have come across the acronym GOAT, standing for ‘greatest of all time’ – this is an actual goat.

One player resignedly lobs the ball out of play as soon as he spots the animal interloper, which is expertly dealt with by a steward who picks it up and runs it off the pitch.