South African superfan Botha Msila planned to hitchhike from Cape Town to Cairo to watch Bafana Bafana in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Even though his hitchhiking plan by road seemingly failed on the border between Kenya and Ethiopia, he had emotionally moved fans back home in South Africa.
After following his story on Twitter, largely thanks to television journalist Robert Marawa, a ticket was sponsored by Be Sure Travel (who paid for his flight) and the details were officially cleared by DIRCO.
In one of the hilarious reactions to this fairytale come true, a Twitter fan pointed out that Msila has actually also succeeded in "hitchhiking a boeing".