Fans and followers of Colombian soccer watched over the body of the midfielder this Saturday in Cali (southwest) Andres Balanta22, who had been playing for the Argentine Atlético Tucumán for a few months and who died last week after collapsing in full training.
In a coliseum, surrounded by flower crowns, family, friends and soccer players accompanied the coffin in the city that was the player’s first home.
The line of supporters who wanted to say goodbye to him also went to the Deportivo Cali headquarters, a club that set up its facilities so that Balanta could be watched over throughout the afternoon.
In the midst of the wave of sugar fans, the presence of the family and those close to the talented player stood out. One of the most notable was Ximena Murillo Cifuentesone of his cousins, who dedicated a heartfelt message to Balanta on his social networks.
(You can read: Heartbreaking message from the son of a skater who requested euthanasia: “It is not valid…”).
‘You will live forever…’
Burial of Andrés Balanta
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“My Pipe, so happy we will remember you my love, my chubby, my everyday jodon, my big boy…”Murillo pointed out in the text that accompanies a video in which he is seen with Balanta, at the Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport.
“Wait, wait I put my glasses on.. Fly high, you left me very quickly to meet that unavoidable appointment with Dios,” added Murillo.
At the end, as tags, he wrote: “#lovemy” and “#youwillliveforever“.
(Also: Andrés Balanta: they reveal the most heartbreaking moment of their last goodbye in Cali).
On Sunday the burial was held in the metropolitan cemetery of southern Cali.
The 22-year-old footballer died on November 29 after collapsing in full training and upon arrival at the hospital after resuscitation maneuvers and defibrillator work for more than 40 minutes did not work.
Colombian soccer and world football mourned the death of the Colombian soccer player, who had already fainted when he was a youth player for Deportivo Cali
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