Sports·Posted on Jul 14, 2014A Streaker Tried To Steal Germany's World Cup Glory And FailedOne billion people watched the climax of Brazil 2014 on TV. They missed one crucial moment.by Simon CrerarBuzzFeed Founding Editor, AustraliaLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail A Russian pitch invader tried to gatecrash the biggest sporting show on the planet on Sunday evening. The live broadcast cut away... Cindy Poluta @CindyPoluta #WorldCup Hold up in play for a pitch invader. TV cameras will not show him instead going to a brilliant night time shot of Rio. 08:42 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite ...but basketball star LeBron James caught the action. View this photo on Instagram LeBron seemed pretty impressed: "Hahaha!! We're going streaking! Everyone's doing it. Man that was hilarious. #WorldCupFinal #Brazil" German defender Benedikt Höwedes less so, after the self-styled "Natural Born Prankster" attempted to kiss him. The pitch invader is Russian comedian/joker Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who has six million YouTube subscribers. Vitaly Zdorovetskiy @Vitalyzdtv See you guys tomorrow on Tv Germany vs Argentina 11:19 PM - 12 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite He had heavily trailed his appearance on Twitter. Vitaly Zdorovetskiy @Vitalyzdtv Today is a very big day for me 01:29 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite And seems pretty pleased with the result. Vitaly Zdorovetskiy @Vitalyzdtv Finally famous 11:43 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Other football fans less so... . @WorldWideFooty_ Not sure how being a pitch invader at a World Cup Final is funny. Waste of a ticket. Idiot. 09:10 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Attempted gatecrash of biggest television event in history = FAIL. Bowyay @theantibyon hahahahahaha the World Cup production team making sure that the pitch invader gets no time on camera, nice #GERvARG 08:42 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite Playtime's OVER. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF