Ivory Coast’s Serey Die was seen before his team’s World Cup match with Colombia unable to control his emotions. Die was seen crying and bursting into tears.
The reason for Die crying was unknown at the time, until random people on Twitter started posting that his father died two hours prior to the soccer match. Many ran with this story the whole day until Die posted on Instagram that his father’s death was not the reason for his crying.
Die says that his father actually died back in 2004 and that he cried because he gets to serve his country in the World Cup.
“Hello, I just want to say that it’s wrong what they all say, that I was moved because of my dad, but he died in 2004 and it was just the excitement of being in a World Cup and serving my country, Ivory Coast. I never thought one day I would be at this level of competition.”
Die also apologized for the mistake that resulted in the second goal as Colombia were defeat 2-1: “Sorry for my mistake, I apologize for having disappointed you. I’ll come out on top. God bless you – finished.”