--- title: Game of Thrones: Jaime and Euron Viral Photo Reactions description: Here's a hilarious photo of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Pilou Asbæk — who play Jaime and Euron on Game of Thrones — at a soccer game together. canonical: https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-04T15:08:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:09.203Z og:title: Game of Thrones Fans Are Loving This Awkward Photo of Jaime and Euron Hanging Out og:description: "When your sister forces you to spend time with her new boyfriend" og:url: https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85d0f1223dc80c8f/6988d7da97cdffebc26b1d15/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-greyjoy-lannister-121.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2232 og:image:height: 1256 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Euron-Greyjoy-Jaime-Lannister og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Fans Are Loving This Awkward Photo of Jaime and Euron Hanging Out twitter:description: "When your sister forces you to spend time with her new boyfriend" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85d0f1223dc80c8f/6988d7da97cdffebc26b1d15/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-greyjoy-lannister-121.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Are Loving This Awkward Photo of Jaime Lannister and Euron Greyjoy Hanging Out > Sponsored content. 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Following the continuation of Jaime and Euron’s battle for [Cersei’s](http://time.com/4880109/game-of-thrones-cersei-lannister-lena-headey/) affection in Sunday’s episode, a photo of the two awkwardly sitting next to each other at a Sevilla-Barcelona match began to make the Internet rounds. “When your sister forces you to spend time with her new boyfriend,” [Twitter user Ben Soffer](https://twitter.com/boywithnojob%5F/status/893133176633249793) captioned the hilarious shot, poking fun at Jaime and Cersei’s, er, complicated relationship. **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** See some of the best reactions to the photo below. > [](https://twitter.com/matt%5Fmullin/status/893152716955975680) > [](https://twitter.com/KevinWFaris/status/893175604861972480) > [](https://twitter.com/NOWTV/status/893383499545268225) > [](https://twitter.com/akramismm/status/893453869698629632) > [](https://twitter.com/JakeVargas51/status/893196734251188225) > [](https://twitter.com/Nabeel%5F7%5F/status/893188758828404736) > [](https://twitter.com/Nabeel%5F7%5F/status/893189749267189760) “The Spoils of War,” the fourth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ seventh season, airs Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Are Loving This Awkward Photo of Jaime Lannister and Euron Greyjoy Hanging Out","datePublished":"2017-08-04T15:08:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:09.203Z","description":"Here's a hilarious photo of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Pilou Asbæk — who play Jaime and Euron on Game of Thrones — at a soccer game together.","url":"https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","viral","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85d0f1223dc80c8f/6988d7da97cdffebc26b1d15/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-greyjoy-lannister-121.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85d0f1223dc80c8f/6988d7da97cdffebc26b1d15/game-of-thrones-queens-justice-greyjoy-lannister-121.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-The-Queens-Justice-Euron-Greyjoy-Jaime-Lannister","caption":"Pilou Asbæk and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4887423/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-euron-greyjoy-soccer-photo/","name":"Game of Thrones Fans Are Loving This Awkward Photo of Jaime Lannister and Euron Greyjoy Hanging Out"}}]}] ```