5 moments that made the football world cry

#3 When you meet your idol

This might not be as popular as the other events on this list, but I doubt there is a single person who didn’t find her/his eyes watery after watching this incident. It took place at a time when Radamel Falcao was recovering from a terrible ACL injury in 2014.

The World Cup was just a few months ahead and there was a good chance that he would miss it – which he eventually did – but there were many people in Colombia who were hopeful that their idol would recover in time and make it to the World Cup.

One such fan was a 12-year-old kid from Colombia who was flown into Madrid along with a few more Colombian kids – all of whom were actually youth players back in Colombia.

The moment this little kid sees ‘El Tigre’, he just breaks down and howls in joy. At first, you can see Falcao feeling a little uncomfortable with the kid’s response, but when the child says that he prays for his knee to become stronger not because he wants to see him at the World Cup, but because he wants him healthy, even the former Atletico Madrid striker star tearing up – and so do the ones that watch it.