After the victory of the Cruz Azul Football Club against the Guadalajara Sports Club by 1-0 in the corresponding Matchday 9 of the 2024 Apertura Tournament, the Argentine coach of the Máquina Celeste revealed that this same Saturday, September 21, his grandmother passed away, Victoria Tzal.
With his hands on his face and the support of the entire team, Martín Anselmi left the field. pic.twitter.com/DxS1XJJadv
— Universal Sports (@UnivDeportes) September 22, 2024
At the end of the match, several of his pupils went to hug him and dedicate some words of encouragement and support to him, after this difficult moment he is going through, and it was in a press conference that the coach dedicated the victory to his grandmother who passed away on the same day as his mother’s birthday.
“No, I don’t want to get emotional, I’ve already done what I did in the locker room, it was a special day, today is my mother’s birthday and she lost her mother, my grandmother, on her birthday, I got emotional because they gave me the victory and dedicated it to me, I want to dedicate it to my grandmother”
– Martin Anselmi.
SPECIAL CELEBRATION! 🥺 Anselmi lost his grandmother and dedicated the victory to her: “It was a special day, today is my mother’s birthday and she lost my grandmother, on her birthday, I was excited because they gave me the victory and dedicated it to me, I want to dedicate it to my grandmother.” pic.twitter.com/lqsVBKe6Fj
— Universal Sports (@UnivDeportes) September 22, 2024
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UGH WHAT A MOMENT
Martín Anselmi dedicates the victory against Chivas to his grandmother, who passed away today, on his mother’s birthday.
Impossible not to be moved. 🥹🥹
📹 @ilianyAparicio pic.twitter.com/cBp6xLcHBT
— RECORD NEWSPAPER (@record_mexico) September 22, 2024
In the evening, the coach posted a photo with his grandmother on his Instagram stories, in which he repeated that this victory was for her: “Wherever you are, this victory is for you. Farewell, Grandma. I love you.”
We send our deepest condolences to Professor Martín Anselmi and his family.
We wish for a prompt resignation. #BlueForLife pic.twitter.com/nKcgJwuClV
— BLUE CROSS (@CruzAzul) September 22, 2024
Similarly, the media people of the Máquina Celeste also posted on their social networks about the death of the grandmother of Martin Anselmi“We send our deepest condolences to Professor Martín Anselmi and his family. We wish him a speedy resignation.”
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