Portugal Football Team Observes Minute of Silence for Syrian Migrants
The photos of the Syrian toddler lying lifeless on one of Turkey's top tourist beaches sparked a storm on social media and spurred global calls for action.
The Portuguese national football team, led by star player Cristiano Ronaldo, observed a minute of silence on Thursday for migrants in Europe, one day after pictures of a drowned Syrian toddler sparked horror at the growing crisis. (Click here for latest Football stories)
No one at the National Team is indifferent to Europe's refuggee crisis. All our thoughts are with those people. pic.twitter.com/Gf9wvXEuNJ
- Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) September 3, 2015
Arm in arm, the team stood silently in a circle before training at the Coimbra da Mota stadium outside Lisbon.
"The brutality of the situation and the images we've seen have not left us indifferent," said the Portuguese Football Federation in a statement.
The photos of the Syrian toddler lying lifeless on one of Turkey's top tourist beaches sparked a storm on social media and spurred global calls for action.
The Portugal team will play France in a friendly match Friday, before travelling to Albania Monday for a qualifying match for the 2016 European championships.