Great praise and valuable gifts: The ball boy, who made it possible for the German national soccer team to 2-0 in the 3: 3 (3: 0) in the Nations League against Italy, left the Dortmund stadium with a smile.
“Of all three, the ball boy with pure, plus Josh and Jamal, the absolute world class. Very smart, incredibly smart, they do that very well,” said national coach Julian Nagelsmann about the scene RTL.
After a fast corner of captain Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala had hit, the 15-year-old Noel Urbaniak initiated the goal quickly and caught Italy with his “teammates” in deep sleep. “We switched very, very quickly. Sometimes our own players didn’t notice it,” said Kimmich. Nagelsmann also known: “I didn’t see it at all.”
The ball boy, praised Kimmich, “was very on Zack, which is not bad in such a game either, he did well”. As a thank you, he received a game ball with Kimmich signature and a photo with the captain. DFB sports director Rudi Völler promised: “He gets a free ticket at the next home game.”
“We had eye contact, I immediately thrown the ball to him, then the goal happened,” the teenager described at RTL The scene that made him a bit famous – and that in his debut. “I’ve never been a ball boy, that’s my first time, it feels very good.” First he sent his mother a voice message, on TV he greeted his coaches in addition to the mom.
And how did Kimmich react? “He said: Thank you for giving him the template, so to speak.”