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A painful news received Brazilian football. Pietra Medeirosone of the top promises of world futsal, died at age 20 because of a autoimmune hepatitis (liver inflammation that occurs when the immune system attacks the liver).
Recent champion of the Copa Libertadores 2022 with his club Taboão Magnus, the young woman had entered an emergency room in São Paulo on August 10 and her condition was very delicate. A week later she received a liver transplant, but she was unable to recover and four days later she was confirmed dead.
The death of Pietra Medeiros was a very hard blow for her teammates who found out the news in the middle of the game. The video with the moment of deep pain traveled through social networks and caused great sadness in the sports field.
It was after a league match between Taboão Magnus and Unochapecó, with a 4-1 victory to position themselves as leader of the championship, when Pietra Medeiros’s companions received the sad confirmation of her death. A while earlier, the team had unfurled a banner supporting Pietra and calling for a speedy recovery.
“I want to thank everyone who is watching us. Our team comes from some difficult games, it was not on the court, but… oh, no…”, declared one of the Unochapecó players when she realized that something bad had happened. Immediately the plane of the transmission camera was opened and showed the grief of all those present.
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our athlete Pietra. We thank everyone who came together in these last difficult days and prayed for her. We wish all the families and our group a lot of strength”, It was the heartfelt message with which the club confirmed the death of its player.
They then added: “We appreciate all the messages of support for our team and Pietra’s family. They were comforting and somehow ease the pain of the moment. We ask for respect at this difficult time, especially for our athletes and coaching staff, who are in immeasurable pain. They were 10 years in the club, 10 years seeing our jersey number 27 every day. We also ask that the moment in which our athletes found out the news not be judged. We know that the video is shocking, that perhaps this was not the time.
“Immediately after the end of the match the first question of all was ‘What about Pietra?’ There was no need to answer, the sad look said it all. The lowered head of our supervisor, who bravely endured the news for hours, alone, respecting the request of the family, was enough for everyone to understand that Pietra had left us. Our mourning will be on the field, every day, because he was happy there. For this reason, we announce that in honor of Pietra, who really wanted to be on the final list of the World Cup, we will play the competition”.
The legend Falcao, the current star Amandinha and even Rodrigo Capita, a soccer player for the Taboão Magnus men’s team, where Pietra worked, echoed the moving statement and showed their total sadness for what happened.
Medeiros was one of the best players on her team, that usually animates the championships of the Brazilian soccer league. In addition to being crowned champion of the Copa Libertadores this year, after beating San Lorenzo de Almagro 6-0 in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Pietra has also He played in the Sub 20 team of Taboao da Serrafrom the São Paulo region where his team is located.
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