5 moments that made the football world cry

#1 A minute of agony

Every football club showed their respect

Whenever something tragic happens, footballers concerning that incident or that area usually stand for a minute of silence before the next game as a means to show respect to the fallen ones. This has been a common practice for a long time.

But one of these days, it became a minute of agony for everyone in the football world. On November 28, 2016, LaMia Flight 2933 crashed in Colombia and killed 71 of the 78 people on board – including almost all the members of the Chapecoense football team.

It was a catastrophe that shocked the football world and sent everyone in it in a state of doom. Every football team, then, in their very next games, showed respect to the fallen ones by observing a minute of silence.

A lot of footballers broke down during this. One of them was Arsenal’s Gabriel Paulista, who knew some of the players personally.

After the event, he gave an excruciatingly painful speech and broke down during it. Everyone in the football fraternity – from the fans to players – were left in a state of agony with what had happened. And Gabriel represented each and every one of us in that regard.