It is not often that a regulation challenge in the 70th minute of a pre-season friendly is met with a similar response to a goal being scored.
As Jonny Evans slid in to tackle Lyon's Pathe Mboup and clear any impending danger, the majority of the Murrayfield crowd rose to acclaim their unlikely returning hero.
Evans was playing in the famous red shirt of Manchester United for the first time in eight years in the friendly in Edinburgh. Judging by the reaction from the fans, absence has made the heart grow fonder.