The Dutch championship offered us a good image this weekend. After a goal, Mohammed Kudus took off his jersey to pay tribute to Christian Atsu, who died a few days earlier and the referee decided not to give him a yellow card.
Sport is regarding emotions. On a sporting level, but also on a human level. The Dutch championship proved it once more this Sunday. As he scored Ajax’s fourth goal, Holy Mohammed celebrated his achievement by taking off his jersey to show off a t-shirt on which he paid tribute to his former compatriot Christian Atsuwho died tragically following the terrible earthquake suffered in Turkey.
Contrary to the regulations, the match referee, Paul van Boekeldid not want to blindly follow this rule and did not warn him. “It’s more important than the rules of football, it’s a matter of life and death. The referee said it’s not allowed, but he understood the situation. I’m grateful to him and I respect him a lot.”he explained at the microphone ofESPN at the end of the meeting. On this point, we can only salute the tribute and the decision taken by Mr van Boekel.