🥺 Poor lad! Bundesliga club fumes at ball boys | OneFootball

In the battle for the Champions League places, RB Leipzig were clearly and decisively thrashed 1-4 by Bayer Leverkusen.

But afterward, the Red Bulls were annoyed not only by their own performance, but also by a Leverkusen ball boy.

He had thrown the ball back to keeper Mark Flekken strikingly quickly before the opening goal, whereupon the Dutchman launched Patrik Schick’s opener with a long clearance.

"We only talked about this six months ago at the coaches’ meeting. It does make a difference whether the ball is thrown to you or whether you have to go get it yourself," complained RB coach Ole Werner. "The point is that it should be consistent. And since the rule exists, it should also be applied consistently."

So the perhaps slightly overzealous action by the ball boy caused at least a small stir afterward. Even Werner had to admit that "Leverkusen were better over the full 90 minutes."

Bayer managing director Simon Rolfes brushed aside the discussion with humor, saying: "We all like a high net playing time." So despite RB’s dressing-down, there will be no consequences for the Werkself’s secret hero.

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