Marijan Cabraja felt his Hibs team-mates were crying with him after the death of his father and insists their support has given comfort to his whole family.
The defender lost dad Frano suddenly last month and travelled home to Croatia for the funeral in shock. Despite having just 48 hours to compose himself, the summer signing told boss Lee Johnson he still wanted to play against Rangers and flew back to Scotland just a day after the heartbreaking wake.
The left-back was a first-half substitute and proved a key performer as Hibs snatched a dramatic 2-2 draw against the Light Blues. At the full-time whistle, Cabraja broke down in tears and was embraced by colleagues and staff before making a touching speech in the dressing room. Talking for the first time since those moving scenes, the Croatia Under-21 cap has laid bare the emotions of a spell he believes brought him closer to his sympathetic team-mates and also eased the worries of mother Kaca and brother Anto 1500 miles away.
