Chelsea winger Willian is currently mourning the tragic death of his mother earlier this week.
Losing a parent is one of the most difficult things that somebody can go through and it’s a time through which an abundance of support is required to cope.
And Willian will have been grateful to receive plenty of just that from his Blues teammates when Chelsea took on Leicester at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
Diego Costa, who has something of a hard man reputation, showed that he was thinking of his fellow Brazilian when he opened the scoring with a first time finish.
Costa made the sign of a W with his fingers as he celebrated, showing that his teammate was in his thoughts.
Classy gesture from Diego Costa paying tribute to team mate Willian, who's mum passed away this week. pic.twitter.com/ZRnviMefjh
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Eden Hazard made it two before half-time and he too dedicated his goal to Willian, as he held up two fingers on each hand which represents the Brazilian’s Chelsea squad number of 22.
Blues boss Antonio Conte followed his players’ admirable tributes to Willian by explaining how the death of the 28-year-old’s mother had affected everybody at the football club.
“Willian is a fantastic guy and he deserves this on the part of the players. We are a team and we want to become a family,” Conte said after the game.
“I want to dedicate this to Willian and his family as in this moment he is very sad. We are all sad.”
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