Derlis Gonzalez converted the decisive penalty to send Paraguay into the semi-finals of Copa America against Brazil on Saturday night.
Unfortunately, the moment that should have forever been remembered in ecstasy for the Paraguayan man will instead be looked on as tragic.
According to Paraguayan newspaper Ultima Hora (h/t Sky Sports) Gonzalez learned from his wife shortly after the match's conclusion that his 44-year-old uncle, Irrazabal Manuel, died of a heart attack while celebrating Gonzalez's conquering moment on the pitch.
Afterward, Gonzalez tweeted (as translated by Sky Sports), "Why today uncle? Why?