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Virginia Torrecilla, the indestructible Atlético de Madrid player who beat cancer

The shock is as unexpected as it is brutal. This Thursday, June 3, 2021, sitting at the wheel of her car alongside her mother, Mari, Virginia Torrecilla is patient, stuck in traffic jams in Madrid when the back of her vehicle is violently hit. After coming to her senses, the midfielder of Atlético de Madrid finds that she is unscathed. This is not the case for her mother, who has a bleeding wound on her forehead and, above all, quickly realizes that she no longer has any sensation in her legs. The two women are taken to the hospital where Mari will be treated for several weeks but will lose the use of her lower limbs. “Knowing that she could no longer walk, seeing her badly, in her hospital bed, unhappy about what happened, it was hard, relates in French, with tears in her voice, Virginia Torrecilla. It’s a pain I’ve never felt. I don’t wish that on anyone. »

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