Before Durban City midfielder Sinamandla Zondi tragically collapsed in the prematch warm-up of Tuesday's game against Milford FC, his father and No 1 fan, Lungisani Zondi, was in the crowd, looking forward to watching his son play.
It was only an hour later Lungisani Zondi learnt of his 22-year-old son's death.
Sinamandla Zondi had been rushed to hospital from Tuesday night's Motsepe Foundation Championship MFC match between second-tier leaders Durban City and seventh-placed Milford. When news came back he player had died, the match was abandoned at half time with Mildford 1-0 up.
Family spokesperson Ntokozo Ndlovu, Sinamandla Zondi's uncle, described events from brother Lungisani Zondi's perspective.
My brother is distraught he never missed his Zondi's games, especially the home ones, so he was also there yesterday as his No 1 supporter, Ndlovu said on Wednesday.