{"id":493075,"date":"2026-02-27T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493075"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:21:53","slug":"on-this-day-15-years-ago-one-of-the-most-infamous-mascot-moments-in-colombian-football-occurred-deportivo-pereiras-luis-moreno-kicked-junior-de-barranquillas-unofficial-barn-owl-mascot-during-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493075","title":{"rendered":"On this day 15 years ago, one of the most infamous mascot moments in Colombian football occurred: Deportivo Pereira&#8217;s Luis Moreno kicked Junior de Barranquilla&#8217;s unofficial barn owl mascot during a match between Pereira and Junior."},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1rg9uyq\/on_this_day_15_years_ago_one_of_the_most_infamous\/\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/external-preview.redd.it\/NLTQZLa-IwbR9Ei0WVF8EZsMGclEamDj7g4oNgmsDJA.jpeg?width=320&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=a934e8eb0803ef74b2a8da195c5c0f6a3093f01a\" alt=\"On this day 15 years ago, one of the most infamous mascot moments in Colombian football occurred: Deportivo Pereira&#039;s Luis Moreno kicked Junior de Barranquilla&#039;s unofficial barn owl mascot during a match between Pereira and Junior.\" title=\"On this day 15 years ago, one of the most infamous mascot moments in Colombian football occurred: Deportivo Pereira&#039;s Luis Moreno kicked Junior de Barranquilla&#039;s unofficial barn owl mascot during a match between Pereira and Junior.\" \/> <\/a> <\/td>\n<td> <!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>During a match between Junior de Barranquilla and Deportivo Pereira on February 27, 2011, Junior&#039;s unofficial barn owl mascot landed on the field and was struck by a pass. Pereira&#039;s Luis Moreno kicked the owl approximately 3 meters (~10 feet) to the touchline; the bird later went into shock and died while being treated for its injuries at a local veterinary clinic. Moreno, who claimed he was trying to make the owl fly away, received a two-match ban and a $560 fine from Colombian football&#039;s governing body in addition to veterinary costs for the owl&#039;s treatment; Moreno was ordered to do community service at a local zoo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Significant_Smell284\"> \/u\/Significant_Smell284 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AtyCvFIZxWc?si=7A-7LFtopQzjbFNx\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/sports\/comments\/1rg9uyq\/on_this_day_15_years_ago_one_of_the_most_infamous\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>During a match between Junior de Barranquilla and Deportivo Pereira on February 27, 2011, Junior&#039;s unofficial barn owl mascot landed on the field and was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=493075\" title=\"On this day 15 years ago, one of the most infamous mascot moments in Colombian football occurred: Deportivo Pereira&#8217;s Luis Moreno kicked Junior de Barranquilla&#8217;s unofficial barn owl mascot during a match between Pereira and Junior.\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":493077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=493075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493078,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493075\/revisions\/493078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/493077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=493075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=493075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=493075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}