Robin van Persie was compelled to observe as his son picked up a ‘heartbreaking’ main harm on obligation for his Feyenoord aspect of their Europa League defeat to Actual Betis on Tuesday night.
The Manchester United and Arsenal legend has been supervisor of the Eredivisie aspect because the summer season, and overseen his son’s breakthrough into the senior group on the age of simply 19.
The 19-year-old made worldwide information as he scored his first senior objectives for the Dutch aspect lower than two weeks in the past, with each coming in not too dissimilar a way to his well-known father’s fashionable method.
However days later, Van Persie needed to cope with each father or mother’s nightmare as Shaqueel was taken off the pitch injured after touchdown awkwardly throughout a excessive problem.
After grabbing his knee in ache, Shaqueel was instantly tended to by membership physios, who made the choice to hold the previous Manchester Metropolis academy star off on a stretcher.
Earlier than he might go down the tunnel for therapy nevertheless, Van Persie transcended his function as supervisor, asking for Shaqueel’s stretcher to be positioned on the touchline in order that he might consolation his son.
Robin van Persie comforted his son as he was taken off the pitch within the worst circumstances
The Feyenoord supervisor has been giving Shaqueel, 19, his maiden minutes for the Dutch membership
Van Persie knelt to the touch Shaqueel on the shoulder, and spoke to him intently amid the throng of paramedics.
Shaqueel seemed bereft on the harm, and his father admitted throughout his post-match press convention that the difficulty was doubtless extreme.
‘It’s not wanting good,’ Van Persie mentioned. ‘Checks need to level out how he’s doing, however the first indicators usually are not wanting good.
‘You maintain your coronary heart when any participant goes down with an harm. It occurred to be Shaqueel right now, that’s simply how it’s. You hope for the very best, however if you hear the primary indicators that it isn’t, it’s heartbreaking.
I’m a coach, however I’m additionally his father, and I discover this horrible. It’s a little bit of each. It’s heartbreaking that he’s going via this.’
When requested what he had mentioned to his son throughout their touching second on the pitch, Van Persie shared: ‘When Shaqueel was carried off the sphere, I requested how he was doing.
‘I put my arm round his shoulder; that is all you are able to do at that second, as a coach and as a father on this case.
Shaqueel flew into aerial problem and his awkward touchdown instantly introduced on the medical group
The previous Man Metropolis academy star was introduced off on a stretcher, with Van Persie stressing that it was ‘heartbreaking’ to see him in ache
‘I simply wished to offer him that heat and the sensation that we’re there for him.’
Shaqueel had been launched to the match in its place simply 10 minutes earlier than, and offered the help for Casper Tengstedt to place the guests on the board after Actual Betis had led for many of the tie by two objectives.
Feyenoord have been unable to claw again a win, which could have given them the faint hope of qualifying through a play-off spot.
