The defender of the English "Liverpool" and the national team of the Netherlands Virgil Van Dyck committed a noble deed after the game of the 6th round of the League of Nations against Germany.
The 27-year-old Orange player decided to support the chief arbiter of the meeting, Ovidiu Hacegana, who recently lost his mother.
The player approached the referee and hugged him like a father. Romanian referee at that time could not hold back tears. "He said that his mother died some time ago. He was upset and began to cry. I consoled him and told him that he had well judged the match.. This, of course, is a trifle, but I hope I helped at least with something, "said Van Dyke after the match.
Note that the meeting itself ended with the score 2: 2, and Van Dyck became a real hero for his team, because it was his ball at the last minute that brought the Netherlands a draw and a start in the League of Nations playoffs.
On the account of Van Dyck all four matches for the national team in the group of the League of Nations.