The testicles have been interrupted from his depression Francesco Acerbit

The story of Francesco Acerbi can be exemplary for everyone. For over a decade, he has struggled with testicular and depression, but since then he has changed his lifestyle, and on Tuesday night, the Milanese scored his final 4-3 victory after overtime in the semi-finals of the football championships against Barcelona.

Long remain memorable The second act of Inter and Barcelona. From the Italian side, the world seemed to collapse when the Catalans turned Raphinha’s 87-minute goal after their 2-0 lead. However, the Sluszpoén only came in the last 93 minutes of the regular playing time.

Italian defender Francesco Acerbi cut a flat ball to the goalkeeper, won the twice 15-minute overtime, with his team won 4-3 and 7-6 overall reached the final of the Munich (It turns out later whether PSG or Arsenal will be their opponent).

From hell to heaven

After the match, Acerbi felt in heaven, even though he had been in hell for over a decade. The now 37 -year -old Italian national defender just processed his father’s death in 2012 when he was diagnosed with testicles and underwent successful surgery, recurring his illness.

“I had two cancer, but I didn’t care. I knew I could defeat it. I was almost happy, even if that could sound like a paradox. There is always a challenge for life. I also needed it: first my father’s loss meant this and then my illness« Acerbi said.

I played football for my father, he was my motivation, maybe too much. After his death, I got to a terrible low as if I had forgotten how to play or why I was playing football.

Acerbi was then a player of his adored club, AC Milan, and was a role model in Alessandro Nesta’s 13th jersey. In vain he could live his dream while others spend the best period of their careers at the age of 25, he He suffered from depression, drinking all the time, and even thinking about the end of his career.

Believe me, I would have drank anything. No matter how absurd it is, the cancer saved it. There was something new I had to fight against, an obstacle I had to overcome. As if I could re -start life

The defender continued in the lower class until the age of 22.

He knew he had to change his earlier life to heal. In parallel with their chemotherapy treatments He visited two psychologists at the same time, while he began to deal with children with disabilities and cancer instead of partying. Your new lifestyle has worked. After almost half a year, he could go back to the field again, winning the 2020 Championship with the Italian national team, and on May 31, the BL to expand his trophy collection.