“Soccer saved my life during cancer.” With these words he expressed Virginia Torrecilla as he fought the most difficult battle of his life. To Atlético de Madrid player and from the Spanish team he was diagnosed with a brain tumor in May 2020. A cancer from which he recovered after undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy but which never erased the smile from his face.
Since then, the Mallorcan has been telling her story of overcoming through her social networks in order to give visibility to those who suffer from this crude disease.
Virginia He is already training with the team and gradually returns to normality. “When I was diagnosed with cancer and told that I couldn’t play, it was a tough stick, but at that moment I just wanted to live. Then, football has not only saved my life during cancer, because it has been my club and my teammates who have been there with my family. It has also given me life ”, reiterated the soccer player in an interview.
Virginia wanted to take advantage of her life lesson to share it with her followers, which has allowed her to know first-hand the stories of anonymous people who have gone through the same thing as her. “I believe that I am a public figure and that I can help other people. Many people have written to tell me their story. They are people who keep fighting and for me it is incredible. I can teach, but I can also learn: for me that is the most beautiful thing of all ”, he reiterates.
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Her life lesson is an example to follow and that is why the soccer player is running as a clear candidate to receive the Sport Values Trophy that will be awarded hand in hand with Hyundai during the 1st European Women’s Football Gala which is celebrated next November 15