Watch Arsenal substitutes invite ballboy for pre-match rondo routine

Pre-match routines are always interesting to watch. Diego Maradona's famous 'Live is Life' pre-match routine comes to mind as one of the most memorable routines. In preparation of their Europa League clash against Vitoria SC, the Arsenal substitutes laid down another memorable pre-match routine by inviting the ball boy into their pre-match rondo.

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Sead Kolasinac, Hector Bellerin, Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Reiss Nelson and Alexandre Lacazette were all named on the bench for Arsenal's visit to Vitoria SC. As such, the substitutes trained away from the first team before the game and decided to indulge in a little keep-ball routine. It seemed like the Arsenal substitutes found themselves short by a man, as they invited the ball boy to partake in their pre-match routine. If the young ballboy thought that this would be an interesting turn of events and that the Gunners stars would go easy on him, he was wrong by a mile.

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Watch: Arsenal invite ballboy for pre-match rondo routine

Matteo Guendouzi and the ballboy were in the middle of the circle as the rest of the Arsenal substitutes looked to keep the ball away from the young duo. Geundouzi was nutmegged once during the rondo. It was then the ballboy's turn to see the ball go through his legs, as the Arsenal player went wild as they nutmegged the young ballboy. Their joy, however, was short-lived. 

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This was Arsenal's fourth consecutive draw in all competitions. Once again, Unai Emery's side failed to hold on to a lead, despite Shkodran Mustafi making amends for his mistake against Liverpool. Mustafi put the Gunners ahead late in the game when he headed in a free-kick from Nicolas Pepe. With the Gunners netting the first goal of the game on 81 minutes, Arsenal fans would be forgiven to think that they could hold on to a 1-0 lead for the last 10 minutes. However, nine minutes after Mustafi's goal, Bruno Duarte netted an equaliser for the hosts. It was once again a case of dropped points for Unai Emery's Arsenal. The Gunners do, however, sit on top of their Europa League group with 10 points. 

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