Russia international Aleksei Miranchuk lowered his head and didn't celebrate after scoring the final goal in Atalanta's 4-0 win over Sampdoria in Serie A on Monday.
Miranchuk's goal came hours after Russia's national team was suspended from qualifying matches for the World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports for its invasion of Ukraine.
In other circumstances, Miranchuk's goal would have been worthy of quite a celebration, because it was extraordinary.
He dribbled by four defenders - diverting some of them by shifting his view across the field for an instant - before scoring from the edge of the area.
Immediately after the goal, Miranchuk held his hands up to signify he wouldn't celebrate then was quickly surrounded by team-mates.
Miranchuk is friendly with Ukrainian team-mate Ruslan Malinovskyi, who celebrated scoring in the Europa League on Thursday against Olympiacos by lifting his jersey to show a message reading 'No war in Ukraine' on his undershirt.
'These days have been tough,' Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon said.
'Ruslan is having a rough time because his family and his city are in trouble. ... But they (Malinovskyi and Miranchuk) always talk together. There is nothing but friendship between them.'
Russia find themselves in the sporting wilderness with their athletes and national teams barred from international competitions with immediate effect.
FIFA and UEFA even delivered a rare display of unity when releasing a statement announcing that football would be clamping down on the country.
'FIFA and UEFA have today decided that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice,' read a joint statement.
'Football is fully united and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine.
'Both presidents of FIFA and UEFA hope the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace among people.'
Initially, FIFA failed to throw Russia out of the tournament, with the governing body having announced sanctions but stopped short of an outright ban.
Russia were even allowed to compete under the name 'Football Union of Russia', although they were not permitted a flag or anthem.
They would also have been tasked with finding a neutral country willing to host their matches.
Pressure quickly ramped up on FIFA to impose a more fitting punishment as the bloodshed in eastern Europe continues, and they duly relented.
Now, Russia will not compete at the Qatar World Cup, with Poland given a bye to a play-off final against either Sweden or Czech Republic later this month.
Meanwhile in Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of war crimes after forces launched what were believed to be cluster and vacuum bombs in an attempt to turn the tide of the bloody conflict.
In a late night address directed at Russia, Zelensky said there would 'definitely be an international tribunal. Prosecutors at The Hague intend to open a probe soon.
A cluster bomb attack on the city of Kharkiv yesterday killed at least 11 people and wounded scores more, with Ukraine's ambassador to the US accusing Putin's troops of using a banned thermobaric bomb on the capital of Kyiv overnight.