Drunken Austrian football mascot`s season is over
The mascot for a top-flight Austrian football side whose drunken pitch performance last weekend went viral on the Internet will not appear again this season, Austria Vienna said Friday.
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Vienna: The mascot for a top-flight Austrian football side whose drunken pitch performance last weekend went viral on the Internet will not appear again this season, Austria Vienna said Friday.
It later emerged that the mascot had been celebrating his 42nd birthday before the match.
A spokesman said the incident "attracted more international attention than our qualification for the Champions League" last season.
The club said "Super Leo" would not appear in any more home games this season because of "circulatory problems".
Austria Vienna are currently sixth in the Bundesliga, 26 points adrift of leaders and defending champions Red Bull Salzburg and 16 points behind arch crosstown rivals Rapid Vienna in second place.