The start of the Greek second tier game between AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos was halted for two minutes last night when both teams stopped playing and sat down on the pitch in recognition of the continued struggle of refugees, specifically children, trying to flee their war-torn homelands.
The show of solidarity was reportedly in reference to the 26 migrants who recently drowned when their boat sunk off the Greek island of Samos.
According to Metro, an announcement over the stadium speakers stated:
The administration of AEL, the coaches and the players will observe two minutes of silence just after the start of the match in memory of the hundreds of children who continue to lose their lives every day in the Aegean due to the brutal indifference of the EU and Turkey.
The players of AEL will protest by sitting down for two minutes in an effort to drive the authorities to mobilise all those who seem to have been desensitised to the heinous crimes that are being perpetrated in the Aegean.
And sit down they duly did…