Football tonight. Ireland - Holland. Friendly match, not very interesting but still I got surprised! Pleasantly surprised! And the match hadn’t even started yet. Thing was that one of Holland’s football legends, Faas Wilkes, had died earlier this week and to honour him there would be a minute of silence before the match.

That by itself is not a unique thing, as a minute of silence happens more often when famous football people die, but what was very impressive was the way the Irish crowed reacted to it. While the players were standing around the middle circle, the Irish stadium speaker told a little story about Faas Wilkes. Who he was, where he played, etc. just a small story. And the amazing thing was the reaction of the Irish football supporters, the reacted with a loud applause! For a man they probably never heard of (as he is mainly a Dutch football legend…) they still the showed great respect. Goosebumps!

Even the minute of silence after that was as quiet as can be. Impressive. Not seen often these days to have supporters like that! So even though Ireland lost quite chanceless with 0-4, they still provided the most beautiful moment of the match. Just before the match.

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