Cody Gakpo was reduced to tears after scoring the opening goal for the Netherlands against Morocco at the World Cup – just days after revealing that his partner suffered a miscarriage.
The Liverpool winger divulged at the end of May that he and his partner Noa van der Bij were expecting their second child.
But in a heartbreaking development, Gakpo's girlfriend Noa van der Bij revealed over the weekend that she suffered a miscarriage, with the couple's baby boy - named Elijah - passing away.
Gakpo started for the Dutch in the last-32 tie in Monterrey on Monday and struck home the opener late in the second-half and immediately welled up while kneeling on the floor.
The 27-year-old was immediately consoled by his teammates on the pitch before Gakpo raised his arms to the air in tribute to his unborn second child.
The Liverpool winger divulged at the end of May that he and his partner Noa van der Bij were expecting their second child.
But in a heartbreaking development, Gakpo's girlfriend Noa van der Bij revealed over the weekend that she suffered a miscarriage, with the couple's baby boy - named Elijah - passing away.
Gakpo started for the Dutch in the last-32 tie in Monterrey on Monday and struck home the opener late in the second-half and immediately welled up while kneeling on the floor.
The 27-year-old was immediately consoled by his teammates on the pitch before Gakpo raised his arms to the air in tribute to his unborn second child.
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