--- description: Rude. But hilarious. title: Ball Boy Pranks Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid Atletico Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Disgruntled Ball Boy Totally Pranks Cristiano Ronaldo by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 3:00 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 3:00 PM CUT Apparently even ball boys get emotionally invested in soccer (or as everyone else calls it, football.) This weekend, Real Madrid visited rival Atlético Madrid, and at the end of the game, Real was losing 2-1\. To kill some time, the ball boy hung onto the ball when he was supposed to give it to Ronaldo for a throw-in. He shrugged, and when Ronaldo came trotting over, he threw it past him. So sassy. Ronaldo ended up scoring and tying up the game, so he had the last laugh here. Still, props to the ball boy for his ballsiness. ([h/t Deadspin](http://deadspin.com/ball-boy-refuses-to-give-ronaldo-the-ball-1536190073 "undefined")) Ball Boy Pranks Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid Atletico Game ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/12773/disgruntled-ball-boy-totally-pranks-cristiano-ronaldo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/12773/disgruntled-ball-boy-totally-pranks-cristiano-ronaldo/"},"headline":"Disgruntled Ball Boy Totally Pranks Cristiano Ronaldo","datePublished":"2014-03-05T15:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:29.398Z","description":"Rude. But hilarious.","url":"https://time.com/12773/disgruntled-ball-boy-totally-pranks-cristiano-ronaldo/","keywords":["Soccer","Newsfeed","Sports topic","viral","Pranks","Cristiano Ronaldo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/12773/disgruntled-ball-boy-totally-pranks-cristiano-ronaldo/","name":"Disgruntled Ball Boy Totally Pranks Cristiano Ronaldo"}}]}] ```