Virginia Torrecilla, an Atlético de Madrid and international player with the Spanish team, surprised everyone on May 21 by announcing that she had undergone surgery for a head tumor. She has passed through El Larguero to tell about her experience and how she now enjoys soccer from the other side.
“My standard of living has changed a lot, I never thought that this could happen to me. It is something you have to live with and that has made me learn that life is now, not the future ”, affirmed the player. The difficult situation has forced him to draw strength from where there is none: “I have surprised myself and my closest people, I am very positive, I know I am going to leave ”.
The diagnostic process has been so fast that it ensures that you hardly remember: “It was all very fast. The last week of the covid my head hurt, my cervical … The doctor did a tac on my head and they told me what I had. ” With the operation performed, the treatment has already started: “I submit to a radiotherapy from Monday to Friday and then chemotherapy every month and a half ”.
Diego Costa He had a nice detail celebrating his goal against Athletic showing his shirt: “I was very excited. When I was diagnosed with the tumor, I came across Diego Costa and he asked me how it was, and I thought: if you knew… ”.
Although he cannot train, he does not separate from soccer: “I am watching almost every game, I am watching more soccer than in my whole life (…) A very interesting League final is being seen ”. On the recently relegated to Second, the parakeet team, lamented: “Espanyol has been fighting until the last moment and it’s a shame ”
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