The corporate side of La Liga’s refugee humanity

“It’s a dream come true. I love Real Madrid, they’re my whole family’s favourite team. I’m very grateful for the welcome given to us by the president. In Syria, we dreamed of seeing a Real Madrid match, and now that’s going to come true.”

The words were spoken on Friday by Osama Abdul Mohsen, the Syrian refugee seen worldwide being tripped by a camera-woman while he was running towards the Hungarian/Serbian border.

Mohsen had been given a tour of the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu by club president, Florentino Perez, on Friday morning. On Saturday, his son, Zaid, 7, walked onto the pitch with Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, before the 1-0 home win over Granada.