The story behind the viral video of the grandmother who met La Bombonera: “When I went up the stairs and saw the courtyard I started crying”

The phrase “It’s much more than football” Sometimes it loses meaning because it is said so many times, however, there are times when that phrase is the very expression of why football is the sport that moves the most people on the planet.

The afternoon when Edinson Cavani He scored three goals against Belgrano de Córdoba and had a wonderful spectator: Silvia Macchi of Bugginia woman of 67 years old for those who went to see Boca first time in his life. Her granddaughter Milena Posted in tick tock a video of the experience e it went viral.

Milena was the one who got him one guest entrance. “We spent the whole day with my mother on the Soy Socio page because she wanted to post a guest comment in addition to mine, we spent hours in front of the computer,” he says.

Milena said to obey the dream to his grandmother For her it was also a wish: “Making this dream come true was also making a dream of mine come true, seeing her so happy, see what Boca generates. Boca is more than a football team, it’s a family”.

When they told Silvia that she would be going to the Boca camp, she was moved to tears. The woman took the opportunity to tell every person she passed Mouth It was his first time on the pitch.

“The admirers They were super excited about my grandmother.she told them it was her first time, even to the police officers who were there,” and adds that everyone was happy for her grandmother and she recognized the camaraderie that exists in Mouth.

Silvia is from Dark, Province of Buenos Aires, it was his mother who passed on his fanaticism for Boca to him. “My mom was a big Boca fanI cried for Boca”, says Silvia and adds this for her The mouth is everything “It’s waiting for Sunday to watch the game, listen to it, be happy, cry, be a bitch when you lose, this is Boca.”

Almost the night before Silvia I could not sleep from the nervousness of knowing that the next day I would realize my lifelong dream. “I woke up very early, my stomach hurt and I was very anxious, but I was happy”.

“I didn’t imagine that at this point in my life I would be able to go to see the Boca pitch and watch a match, I thought it was a joke“explains Silvia. She also says that while they were walking down the street and when the stadium appeared, she couldn’t believe what she saw, the people surprised her. singing and dancing in the street.

Silvia didn’t know the neighborhood and was able to pass by where the fans gather on Irala Street to preview the match. “I was surprised by the buses full of people going to the camp.” Silvia I never thought it would be possible share that moment with your granddaughter.

The entrance to the stadium

“When I went up the stairs and saw the field I cried, my heart burst, I looked and I couldn’t believe what was there,” says Silvia, moved when she saw the grass and in the stands for the first time. Seeing how people sang and jumped as the field filled made Silvia emotional he will be more and more excited.

“I was excited when the players came out. When the rivals came in people booed them and I told them about it ‘no, don’t whistle, poor things’“the lady jokes and adds that she was so excited that she watched everything that was happening around her.

Regarding the moment when the field filled up, Silvia said: “The field was full and I felt it the shiversI had seen it on TV, but there I couldn’t believe it”.

The match

Morena laughs when she remembers it I didn’t know the songs of the fans, but as the match progressed He learned it and sang along compared to the rest of the fans. “He is an old person, but he took strength from where he had none and jumped onto the pitch, I couldn’t stop jumping”adds the niece.

“I’m not the type to say bad words. I complained Also“, Silvia jokes and adds that when a flag came down from the north that phrase arose Riquelme: “I was born a boster thanks to my dad and I will die a boster like all of you,” he couldn’t believe what his eyes saw and wondered How were they going to upload it later?.

“It was the match in which Cavani scored three goals, I say so my grandmother had her mufa removed”says Milena. Silvia also talks about the experience of seeing the pitch and the experience of a match at the Bombonera “It was much more than I expected”.

The return home

After the match Milena scored one tick tock recording her grandmother’s entire experience which went viral in seconds. She has achieved more than 400 thousand reproductions on social networks e 90 thousand I like. The community in the comments Xeneize She left messages of joy for her and her grandmother for having been able to live that experience.

“I wouldn’t go to La 12“It scares me there, it seems to me that they will crush me,” says Silvia about the party that takes place in the popular squares of Boca and especially in the sector where the team’s public is located. The river bank.

“We could see the camp during the day and then at night, it was wonderful,” says Silvia. When she returns Milena says so his grandmother kept singing and jumpingthe two were full of happiness for having been able to realize this dream together.