Tuesday, 13 January 2015

12 year-old ballboy rescues goalkeeper from conceding penalty

A 12 year-old ball-boy, is being celebrated as a hero by the Chinese camp at the on-going 2015 Asian Cup in Australia.
It was the opening match for China andSaudi Arabia at the Asian tournament, and the ball boy Stephan White was behind the Chinese goalkeeper, Wang Dalei when the Arabians were awarded a penalty after one of their players had been brought down in the penalty box.
Before facing the Arabian striker, Naif Hazazi, the goalkeeper, Wang Dalei turned the ball-boy gestured to him where to dive and the boy Stephan pointed to the left; and the left indeed the low down kick went.
The boy's intuition saved the day for China who scored one and have now invited the boy to the national team camp.
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