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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk consoles tearful referee Ovidiu Hategan after Netherlands' Nations League draw
![Class Act! Van Dijk Consoles Crying Referee Who Discovered His Mother Had Died During Match Build-up Class Act! Van Dijk Consoles Crying Referee Who Discovered His Mother Had Died During Match Build-up](https://i0.wp.com/koko.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Referee-Ovidiu-Hategan-Van-Dijk-KOKO-TV-Nigeria-3.jpg)
Class Act! Van Dijk Consoles Crying Referee Who Discovered His Mother Had Died During Match Build-up
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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk consoles tearful referee Ovidiu Hategan after Netherlands' Nations League draw
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433 - Virgil van Dijk on consoling referee Ovidiu Hategan after the game: “He broke down, stood with tears in his eyes because he had just lost his mother. I wished him
![Football Daily on Twitter: ""He told me his mom recently passed away. He broke down and started crying. I consoled him and told him he refereed well. Its a small thing, but Football Daily on Twitter: ""He told me his mom recently passed away. He broke down and started crying. I consoled him and told him he refereed well. Its a small thing, but](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dsc3kkwWkAkTs7P.jpg)