Cat rescue earns keeper booking

Goalkeeper Ivan Banovic was booked after rescuing a pitch-invading cat during a top-flight match in Croatia. Medjimurje Cakovec's Banovic picked up the wandering feline after it strayed on to the pitch 20 minutes into his team's match at Sibenik. Cat rescue earns keeper booking He placed it safely near a scoreboard but was then booked by the referee for leaving the pitch without permission. Media reports said the official's actions annoyed fans, who barracked him for punishing Banovic's kind deed. If the moggy was a home fan, it would been left purring as Sibenik won 1-0 to go second in the table, says the BBC.

Cat rescue earns keeper booking

He placed it safely near a scoreboard but was then booked by the referee for leaving the pitch without permission.

Media reports said the official's actions annoyed fans, who barracked him for punishing Banovic's kind deed.

If the moggy was a home fan, it would been left purring as Šibenik won 1-0 to go second in the table, says the BBC.