He left an unbridgeable void in his family
The father of Leonardo Rizzetto, who died at just 9 years old, with words full of pain he explains the dismay of his family, who from one day to the next found a little angel crying, who had flown too soon to heaven. Giorgio Rizzetto remembers the courage of his son who fought for a long time against a tumor which, however, gave him no escape.
The Municipality of Concordia Saggittaria, in the province of Venice, embraced Leonardo’s family on the day of the 9-year-old boy’s funeral. There were many. So many that the town’s Cathedral could not contain them all. Everyone was there to support the family and greet the young Leonardo.
In the church there were also Leonardo’s teammates, with their uniform of the Julia-Concordia, the football club where the boy started kicking. Also to follow in the footsteps of his father, a sports manager who has played football for a long time.
In addition to football mates, even schoolmates along with the teachers. But also many young people and the mayor of the city, Claudio Odorico. A heart-shaped balloon accompanied the white coffin during the final farewell to the 9-year-old boy, who loved football.
The father wanted to remember the little one with words very sweetremembering that in November, when he discovered the disease, the first thing he asked the doctor was if he could continue playing.
Hello champion, you are our hero, now you can play football as you wish.
Leonardo Rizzetto died at 9: he loved football more than anything else in the world
The father has entrusted his pain and that of his mother and his little brother into one letter which moved everyone.
You are an immense child, you prayed with us and when you could no longer speak you kissed the crucifix. You fought like a warrior and never gave up. You never complained about everything you went through. Although you had suffering and pain inside, with that wonderful smile you always carried light. You made many people pray, even those who had never done it before and so you united many people with your faith. Before going up to heaven you made your first communion, distributing smiles to everyone, then you greeted your friends. You knew from the beginning that it would end like this and you tried to prepare us with your sentences, day after day. Therefore we thank you for being our son and choosing us. Thank you for the happiness we have lived, thank you for the love you have shown us. We thank God who brought you to us. Protect and orient Riccardo who fought with you and who loves you above all things, he helps us to always face everything with faith, love and hopeā¦ because nothing dies but everything changes. Connect people to the sense of family. We thank Our Lady who after the prayer of liberation and healing of Medjugorje came to meet you, taking away the suffering, leaving you in the arms of her mother. Surrounded by all our love you are now beside her. Dear Leonardo, today we greet you, but you are alive in us. Hello champion, you are our hero. Now you can play football, as you so desired, in Heaven and as you said: Always believe in it, never give up.
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