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Bologna, December 15, 2020 – The smile is the spontaneous of a child, the eyes are full of courage of a lion. And hug her with Sinisa Mihajlovic, dreamed during the most difficult nights, tastes like sickness and makes you burst into tears. Because when you are 12 years old and you see 22 men running after a soccer ball, they all look like heroes. But when you have 12 years, fight against a terrible monster and decide to write a letter to one of your idols fighting against the same monster, to be close to him, you are the true hero. Hero, a word that Mihajlovic has never appreciated when addressing him, but has no difficulty in addressing Mirko, the child that last year, after the public announcement of technician Rossoblu’s illness, he had decided to write him a lyrics.
“I saw you particularly sadNobody but me can understand your fears, because even if I am ten years old, fear is the same for everyone – Mirko wrote to Sinisa -. Do not give up, shed so many tears and do everything that needs to be done, because it heals quickly. And maybe one day we will meet in the field. “That day has come. After spending a bone marrow transplant and the leukemia, little Mirko has finally met Sinisa, thanks to the television broadcast commitment ‘Hyenas‘. The service will air on the first television tonight on Italy 1, but watching the preview it’s really hard to hold back tears.
The same tears which Mihajlovic has never concealed, but rather proudly admitted, that he paid by reading his special fan letter. Characterizing both is the force of irony, the one with which they exchanged video and messages throughout the treatment period, the same ones that marked the imagined encounter for so long. A tour of the sports center of Casteldebole, some jokes with the Bologna players in the dressing room, the gift of a rossoblù shirt with the number 10.
Then the training together with the team, a rigor face to face with the coach, “like a Champions League final between Bologna and Juventus.” And that exchange of looks and words on the bench that neither Mirko nor Sinisa, without a doubt, will never forget. Like two friends leaning on the most difficult game.
“You were strong, it is not easy to pass that disease (leukemia, ed) – says the coach -. Did you cry when you were in the hospital? Me too, and I cry even now. I cried even when I received your letter”. The coach also throws a appeal encourage people to donate, “to save a life.” Looking at Mirko sitting on that bench next to the coach, it’s hard to think he’s only 12 years old. The force is capable of conquering a city, its Parma, from all the players to the citizens, who gathered around it on the day of the transplant, along with its mother Romana, her father Danilo and her sister Alice. The same force that struck Mihajlovic and helped him on the road to overcome leukemia, because the Mirko’s lesson it’s amazing, it can help a lot of people. And how he likes to remind her: “The wolf is sometimes not as bad as it seems.”
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