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Son of tripped Syrian refugee accompanies Ronaldo on field

Zaid Abdul Mohsen, the seven-year-old son of Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen, who was tripped by a camerawoman as he fled police in Hungary with him, accompanied Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo onto the pitch before the team's La Liga game against Granada on Saturday.

Updated on: Sep 20, 2015, 10:26:30 IST
AP | By , Madrid
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Zaid Abdul Mohsen, the seven-year-old son of Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen, who was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he fled police in Hungary with him, accompanied Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo onto the pitch before the team's La Liga game against Granada on Saturday.

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Madrid invited Osama Abdul and sons Zaid and Mohammad to the match, which they won 1-0.

Zaid accompanied Ronaldo when the teams entered the pitch before kickoff and received applause from the Santiago Bernabeu crowd. Before the match, the players wore T-shirts supporting the thousands of refugees fleeing to Europe from the Syrian war.

Mohsen had arrived to the capital earlier this week after a Spanish football academy offered to help them rebuild their lives. Images of him being tripped by the Hungarian journalist provoked outrage across the continent.

Earlier this month, Madrid donated 1 million euros to help refugees arriving to Spain.

Read:'I panicked' says Hungarian camerawoman who kicked refugees

Watch:Journalist gets fired after kicking, tripping refugees in Hungary

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