Outside the turnstiles, a young boy clung to his father's hands and peered more closely at the growing collection of shirts, scarves and wreaths. 'Look Dad, there's a Swansea one too,' the little boy said. Beside the Fred Keenor statue, the donations came from far, wide and very close to home. For Emiliano Sala, the football community is as one. There lay garments from Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. Noted paper conveyed messages from every continent. Children drew matchstick men with heartfelt messages. One mourner had left a pair of football boots, inscribing the message: 'A young man with the world at his feet.' This should have been the home debut of Emiliano Sala but instead became an exercise in grief for a football club still reeling from his tragic disappearance. Bobby Decordova-Reid of Cardiff City celebrates scoring the first goal of the match by showing off an Emiliano Sala shirt Bobby Decordova-Reid opened the scoring for Cardiff City from the penalty spot after a handball by a Bournemouth defender The Cardiff City players celebrate again after Bobby Decordova-Reid scored their second goal straight after half time MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS, PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE, AND MATCH ZONE Cardiff (4-2-3-1): Etheridge 6; Peltier 6, Ecuele-Manga 7, Bamba 7, Bennett 6; Gunnarson 7, Ralls 7; Paterson 6.5, Decordova-Reid 8 (Bacuna 85), Murphy 6 (Hoilett 69, 6); Niasse 7.5 Subs not used: Smithies, Zohore, Cunningham, Healey, Mendez-Laing Booking: Bamba Goal: Decordova-Reid (5, 46 pen) Bournemouth (4-4-2): Boruc 6; Clyne 6, Cook 4, Ake 6, Smith 6; Stanislas 5 (Ibe 62, 6), Gosling 6 (Lerma 69, 6), Surman 6, Fraser 6; Solanke 5 (Mousset 62, 5.5), King 5 Subs not used: Begovic, Daniels, Rico, Mepham Booking: Clyne, Smith Manager: Eddie Howe 6 MOTM: Reid Referee: Jon Moss 7 Premier League Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga It was a simple long ball over the top which led to Reid's second goal for Cardiff. Check out more from Sportsmail's Match Zone feature here. If the reflections of Claudio Ranieri, Sala's former manager at Nantes, are anything to go by, this was a Cardiff victory the Argentine would have relished. 'Emiliano was a player who put his head where others do not dare to put their feet,' Ranieri said. Cardiff were magnificent here, summoning all the pain and agony of the past fortnight to outfight and, at times, outplay a Bournemouth team that only on Wednesday beat Chelsea by four goals. For a Cardiff side with only one victory in eight, this was a crucial victory for more conventional reasons, as it also lifted Neil Warnock's side to within two points of safety. Bournemouth were without the injured pair of Callum Wilson and David Brooks. The latter, who has been outstanding of late, will miss a month but his absence handed a first Bournemouth start to striker Dominic Solanke since he moved from Liverpool in a £19m deal last month. He lasted only an hour but this was more a story of Cardiff defiance than Bournemouth ineptitude. Bournemouth's goalkeeper Artur Boruc rushes out to make a save from Cardiff City's Oumar Niasse during the first half Cardiff City's Bobby Decordova-Reid wheels away in celebration after scoring his team's first goal of the match from the spot Bournemouth's Dominic Solanke is tackled Bruno Ecuele Manga as his side tries to get back into the match after going down Bournemouth did provide a helping hand, quite literally, when Steve Cook inexplicably leapt in the air and punched the ball away to give Cardiff a penalty inside four minutes. Bobby Reid converted and Cardiff's team, cajoled by captain Sol Bamba, scurried over to the dugout, where they unveiled a blue T-shirt featuring a print of Sala's face. It was another heartfelt moment on a tearjerking day. ‘Emiliano, our beautiful bluebird,' read the matchday programme, dedicating eight pages and the striker adorned the cover. Supporters wore daffodils, the flower that taken on a shared meaning, harnessing the Welsh national symbol and the yellow strip of Sala's former club Nantes. A mosaic appeared behind the goal, as Sala's name was emblazoned in yellow letters upon the blue and white of the Argentine flag. The home crowd, emotional but defiant, belted out Men of Harlech, that most powerful of Welsh anthems, with added vigour. Cardiff City's Oumar Niasse and Bournemouth's Steve Cook compete for the ball during the Premier League match up Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock yells instructions to his players during the first half to try and keep his side in front Cardiff's Bobby Decordova-Reid rues missing a chance which would've taken his team 2-0 ahead against Bournemouth As players bowed heads for the minute of silence on the centre circle, advertising hoardings broke off from the promotion of sportswear and gambling firms. It simply read, "For Emiliano, for David", as supporters also paused to support the missing pilot Dave Ibbotson. For a fleeting moment, this became a sporting community in its most innocent state. A picture appeared of Sala on the big screens at both ends. Perversely, Cardiff had staged their own dress rehearsal when they hosted Leicester for the first match since the disappearance of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in November. Leicester's players refused to accept anything other than victory on that autumn day and Cardiff showcased the same resolve here. Bamba and his defensive partner Bruno Ecuele Manga were immovable objects. Oumar Niasse was a tireless forward foil, turning poor balls into good ones. He might have scored even before Reid's penalty but his first touch let him down and Boruc smothered. Bobby Decordova-Reid's frustration turned to joy after he managed to score his second goal of the match soon after the break Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc looks dejected after he rushes out but can't stop Bobby Decordova-Reid scoring Bournemouth's Nathan Ake goes flying as he tries to get the ball from Cardiff City's Callum Paterson during the match Bournemouth slowly grew into the game and Andrew Surman's curling strike brought an eye-catching acrobatic save from Neil Etheridge, who tipped onto the bar and over. Despite Bournemouth's territorial dominance, chances rarely came and Cardiff doubled the lead within thirteen seconds of the interval, as Reid nipped onto Aron Gunarsson's ball, dribbled past Boruc and slid into the empty goal. Bournemouth continued to probe, as Nathan Ake headed wide from a set-piece but this was Cardiff's day. Bournemouth's Joshua King in action with Cardiff City's Sol Bamba during the match at the Cardiff City Stadium Sol Bamba of Cardiff City protests with referee Jonathan Moss after being shown a yellow card during the second half Tributes continue to pour in outside the Cardiff City Stadium for Emiliano Sala, whose flight went missing over the Channel The Cardiff City players warmed up wearing clothes with Emiliano Sala's face on them in tribute for the missing footballer A Cardiff City fan shows off his scarf and flag bringing together his club and FC Nantes, Emiliano Sala's former team All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility