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Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga match against Granada was accompanied by the 8-year-old Syrian refugee whose father was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman.
Updated : Sep 30, 2017, 12:28 AM IST
Cristiano Ronaldo in La Liga match against Granada was accompanied by the 8-year-old Syrian refugee whose father was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman.
Young Zaid's father Osama Abdul Mohsen was tripped by camerawoman Petra Laszlo while they were fleeing a Hungarian holding camp close to the border with Zaid in his arms.
The incident led to international outrage and Laszlo was fired by her television station.
Zaid, decked up in football attire, was welcomed on the ground with a thunderous round of applause, reports People magazine. His father, a former football coach, and elder brother Mohammad are invited to the Spanish capital and are offered a job and a place to live by a Spanish football school.
The 7-year-old refugee who got kicked by a journalist walked out with @Cristiano in front of 81,000 people https://t.co/t8GRnMwwC6
— INSIDER (@thisisinsider) September 21, 2015
Real Madrid have announced aid of $1.13 million to Syrian refugees.