Australian couple go viral with Pogba photo

It's not every day you get to meet a World Champion let alone travel on a train full of Manchester United players, it's even rarer that you don't even recognise the football stars.

One Australian couple has gone viral after bumping into Paul Pogba and his Manchester United teammates without even realising it.

Their son, E-Sports commentator Nate Patrick, a football fanatic has gone to Twitter to tell the story of how his parents got Paul Pogba to take a picture of the two.

Clearly not sport-fans themselves, the Australian couple were getting a bit annoyed by a game of Uno that was getting quite loud on the train from Manchester.

The two Uno-loving passengers offered to take a photo with the couple in a way of an apology, what transpired is hilarious!

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Football is my #1. It's beautiful, simple yet complicated, and played all over the globe.

All. Over. The. Globe.

3.572 billion people watched the 2018 World Cup, where France defeated Croatia in a thrilling Final.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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My family? Still no interest.

My sister and her beautiful family do their thing, my brother is some type of genius, and my parents are in England for a bit where my Dad is working on a big project.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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I keep trying to get my parents to watch a game while they're over there, but it just won't ever happen.

They learnt the first few lines from It's Coming Home, so I guess that's something.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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They were on a train, and a group of people were behind them, playing Uno.

Mum and Dad turned around a few times, as apparently they were making a little bit of noise.

Yes my parents get disturbed by an exciting card game, now you can see I don't think they'd cope with Wembley.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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These lads knew they were making a bit of noise, so they come up to Mum and Dad, and apologise, and ask if they'd like a photo.

Dad is like, oh, that's nice, and gives one of the gentleman his phone for this stranger to take a photo of Mum and Dad on this train from Manchester.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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The stranger looks weirdly at my Dad, at says (with a French accent) "No, no no, I am asking if you would like a photo with me, sir?"

My Dad looks at my Mum like who on earth does this guy think he is?

But also my Dad is mega-polite, and obliges to be in the photo.

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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Having read through all of these messages, my Dad sends through the photo, and asks "Nathan, you wouldn't happen to know who this is?".

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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IT'S PAUL BLOODY POGBA pic.twitter.com/UhFm0qZBiN

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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If you read through the Twitter thread you'll see the hilarious messages between Nate and his parents, as Nate slowly descents into madness over the events transpiring.

However, it seems Nate's parents were unfazed by their encounter with some of the world's best, moving on to share photos of more important things.

They are now sharing photos of a dog they saw after they got off the train, so I think it's safe to say they've moved on.

Thank you for your time.

Football, eh? ⚽️❤

— Nate Patrick (@N8NathanPatrick) January 20, 2019

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It goes to show, you can be one of the most recognisable faces in sports and some people will still be oblivious!