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Thiago Alcántara hilariously confuses Santa for teammate

The Bayern midfielder attempted to pass the ball to a virtual Santa Clause that had appeared on a pitch-side advertising hoarding thinking it was one of his teammates!

Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara (L) and Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski (R) react after the third goal for Munich during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich vs RB Leipzig in
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Thiago Alcántara suffered a bit of an embarrassing moment during Bayern Munich’s 3-0 win over Leipzig on Wednesday night.

The Spanish midfielder accidentally passed the ball straight out of play, apparently mistaking a virtual Santa Clause – who had appeared on one of the pitch-side advertising hoardings – with one his own red uniformed players. 

To be fair to Alcántara, it did seem that Santa was making a dangerous run up the left flank, but perhaps he should have spotted the white beard, brown sack and red hat (or the fact that the figure was only about three feet tall!). Oh dear, Thiago!

Check out the hilarious video of the incident below...