The Belgian Brent Stevens made a highly emotional debut in professional football.
He held a penalty – and was celebrated by the opposing fans: Belgian Brent Stevens made a highly emotional debut in professional football. The 21-year-old was just a few days after his father’s death at the Belgian second division club Jong Genk between the posts and also received a lot of encouragement from the opponent RFC Liège.
“My dad would have wanted to play,” said Stevens on Saturday. Already after the minute’s silence for his father, the Liège players had approached Stevens, to the eyes of tears. When the Genk goalkeeper held a penalty shortly before the end at the status of 1: 3, even the fans of the five-time master from Liège shouted his name. After the final whistle, they brought Stevens into the curve and hugged it.
“When I found out about my debut, I was of course happy. But they were mixed feelings,” said Stevens of the newspaper Belang van Limburg: “What the Liège players and fans did before and after the game.