For a young ball boy/girl, who runs around along the sideline to bring balls back to the players, it is a great honor and joy to be close to their idols. However, some take it a little more seriously and become the 12th player for the home team. A German 15-year-old played a very important role on Sunday that sent Germany through to the semi-finals of the Nations League.
Germany secured a 5-4 aggregate victory against Italy, it was especially Jamal Musiala’s 2-0 goal that has made headlines in Germany. While the Italian defender was arguing with Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was well outside the goal, Joshua Kimmich struck with a lightning fast and surprising corner kick to Musiala and easy scoring.
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Assist on Kimmich, where a 15-year-old was also noted with “assists”. Ball boy Noel Urbaniack was interviewed on German TV after the game about what happened.
-It’s unbelievable. I’ve never been involved in anything like that. I made brief eye contact with Kimmich. I saw that he wanted the ball and I quickly threw it to him. It was my first game as a ball boy,” the 15-year-old said, according to Reuters.
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Not surprisingly, it was the 15-year-old who went home from the game with a signed ball.
