The heartwarming story of his grandfather with Alzheimer’s he never forgets when he plays Hurricane

Huracán received Atlético Tucumán at Parque Patricios in search of a victory that would allow them to settle in the Professional League, after an erratic start to the season, and move closer to qualification for the Copa Sudamericana. However, despite doing more than their rival to take the three points, they didn’t go beyond zero in a flat game.

Where there were great emotions was in the stands of the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium. There he was present to see the club of his loves of him Rafa, an 88-year-old grandfather with Alzheimer’s and suffers from the logical oversights of this harsh degenerative disease, but who incredibly has the Globe always present in his memory: he knows when he plays, against whom and he knows all the players.

Camila Brocca, his granddaughter, had made this story viral on Twitter, where she briefly described the situation her grandfather is going through: “He’s super lost, sometimes he doesn’t know who I am, he doesn’t know what day it is or he says he went to a party. I just told him to get up that I was playing Hurricane and he says ‘No, play tomorrow against Defense and Justice’ “, posted just over a week ago.

Such was the viralization of the tweet that the club did not take more than a few hours to respond publicly: “Cami! Your story and that of your grandfather moved us a lot and we want to invite you, Rafa and your family so that you can come to the Palazzo Ducó this Sunday to see the Globe and celebrate Father’s Day”posted the official account.

Immediately thereafter, members of the Public Relations Office contacted the family and made the relevant arrangements. They also gave him a T-shirt with his name and the number ’10’ and gave him the card that accredits him as an Honorary Member.

In the usual Paso a Paso reports, edited by Tyc Sports, the journalist Ariel Schvartzbard was arm in arm with Camila, who provided more details on this incredible situation that takes the passion for football to unimaginable limits.

“My grandfather has Alzheimer’s, he has quite significant degeneration due to age. Sometimes he doesn’t know what day it is, he doesn’t recognize us, but Always remember the hurricane. It connects you with reality. He knows everything: who he plays against, how he came out and knows the current players “, he began by telling.

This is reflected when the 88-year-old, visibly moved, met Matías Cóccaro, the Uruguayan forward from Quemero, and central defender Lucas Merolla in the stadium facilities.

“To Cóccaro he said: ‘I hope you score four or five goals‘. It seems to me that he put some pressure on him, “the young journalism student added with a laugh.

Rafa grew up in a pension four blocks from the Ducó, where he settled when he arrived from his native La Pampa at the age of five, but hadn’t been on the pitch for more than three decades, his niece told Radio La Net. .

Now, with the excitement of the first few times, he has been able to return to a place that occupies an important part of his life, which may have removed the memories of childhood and adolescence.

The support media “Forever Globe” gathered other testimonies from the young woman, who added it “When we crossed the neighborhood he remembered where he had lived and where he had passed to go to the camp”as well as revealing a dialogue with the people of the club to whom he told what the stadium was like in its beginnings.

She grew up in La Plata, which led to her becoming a fan of Gimnasia, but she will always keep the Huracán in an important place in her heart for the gesture of greatness she had. It was an unforgettable day for Rafa, as well as for Camila, who saw her grandfather having fun in a way she may not have seen him in a long time.