The immense affection of the Barça players towards their former teammate Virginia Torrecilla It was evident on the pitch when, after the match of the Super Cup final, they took her together to keep her in an image that has gone around the world. The Atlético footballer reappeared 683 days after her last game after overcoming a brain tumor, to become the great protagonist of the tournament.
Women’s football and sport in general have not ceased in their support for the player in all this time of battle against cancer. What no one knew is that a footballer of the stature of Caroline Hansen, Barça star and MVP of the Super Cup final, without hesitation joined the messages of encouragement and encouragement towards Virginia and she was always attentive to the evolution of her illness, without knowing her personally.
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This is how Virginia herself wanted to reveal it in a public message of thanks to recognize the great detail and the beautiful gesture of the Norwegian striker in such delicate and difficult moments for the Spanish.
“Let me tell you something… Caroline Hansen He wrote to me when I got sick, (without knowing me at all) telling me to recover and that he was waiting for me on the pitch. Almost two years later, coincidences of life, that’s how it has been! This award is yours, only yours! DESERVED,” he wrote. Virginia Torrecilla on their social networks.
A whole lesson in humanity on the part of Hansen who has not only proven to be a crack on the field but also outside the media spotlight. “For me, Virginia Torrecilla was the MVP today,” said the player herself in the press conference after the match.