Young Boys players pay tribute to teammate Meschack Elia in Champions League game after his son died
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Young Boys players pay tribute to teammate Meschack Elia in Champions League game after his son died

Associated Press  

STUTTGART, Germany — Players from Swiss team Young Boys held up teammate Meschack Elia’s shirt as a tribute during their Champions League game at Stuttgart after his son died this week. Lukasz Lakomy gave Young Boys the lead with a powerful long-range shot in the sixth minute Wednesday and ran toward the sideline, where he held up Elia’s shirt as his teammates gathered around him. Young Boys said in a statement earlier Wednesday that one of Elia’s sons had “died completely unexpectedly following a short illness” in Elia’s home country of Congo. Young Boys captain Loris Benito said the game and the result meant little to his team in the circumstances.

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