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VIDEO: Ball-boy helps China’s goalkeeper save penalty by telling him which way to dive

Published 10:23 12 Jan 2015 GMT

Updated 10:24 12 Jan 2015 GMT

Darragh Murphy
VIDEO: Ball-boy helps China’s goalkeeper save penalty by telling him which way to dive

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Get this young fella a pair of goalkeeping gloves.

Stephen White, a 12-year-old Australian ball-boy, made a great call during China's 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia in their Asian Cup meeting on Saturday. With the game level at 0-0, Saudi Arabia were awarded a penalty and the Chinese stopper Wang Dalei looked for guidance from the young ball fetcher who clearly motions for him to dive to his left. Naif Hazazi's spot-kick then went exactly where the youngster had predicted, much to the delight of the Chinese players who went on to win the game 1-0. After the game, Stephen told ABC: "He turned around and then he like held on to the net and he said 'left or right', and I said 'pardon', and he said 'left or right' and I said 'left'." The advice did not go unnoticed by Dalei and Co. who have invited Stephen to train with them last night as thanks for the tip-off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLx2NXe83k H/t to FoxSports

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VIDEO: Ball-boy helps China's goalkeeper save penalty by telling him which way to dive