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06th Aug 2015

St Etienne star thumps an absolute thunderbolt into ball boy’s face (GIF)

That looks so, so painful

Ben Kenyon

When you’re 2-0 down at home and things aren’t going right, you can get a little frustrated – we understand.

But instead of venting his anger on the pitch, Saint-Étienne No.9 Nolan Roux directed his rage at the ball – and accidentally smacked it in the face of a nearby ball boy.

Saint-Étienne were two goals down to ASA Targu Mures in the third round of Europa League qualifying when the striker took a swipe at the ball after it went out of play.

It was just unfortunate that the ball boy was stood right in the way, with the poor lad copping a faceful.

Roux didn’t look very apologetic after nearly taking his head off…

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