Soul Testimony from Sebastian Alle: “You don’t have time for tears when you’re a father”

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, they say in his case as well Sebastian Ale the specific opinion finds absolute identification. It was July 18, 2022 when the football world and not only was shocked to hear the news that the Ivorian striker was suffering from tumor in the genitals. From that day and for the following months her 28-year-old attacker Borussia Dortmund he should score the greatest goal of his career.

This time he was not asked to pierce the opponent’s nets as he used to do on the pitch but to fight with his family and doctors in a somewhat different battle. A duel against a disease that is usually called incurable. After two operations and several chemotherapy treatments, Mr Sebastian Ale he returned to his favorite green grass, put on his football boots again and can boast of one of the greatest victories of his life.

Like a star in a well-written movie script, Ale will make his Westphalian debut on January 22nd and on February 4th, World Cancer Day, he will score his maiden goal with his new club.

THE Borussia Dortmund welcomes tonight at “Signal Induna Park” her Chelsea in the first match for the phase of 16 UEFA Champions League and the former player of “Aianda” is preparing to return to the competition where he scored 11 times last year.

On the occasion of the match against the “blues”, the international with Ivory Coast gave an interview to BBC in which he remembered his first words after the doctors’ announcements, the help he received from his family, Dortmund and the support of the world.

‘You have no time for tears’



THE Sebastian Ale had felt some malaise during the preparation for the start of Borussia’s competitive duties, despite the initial estimates that it was something passing, the medical diagnosis came to refute everything:

“The first day I didn’t know it was cancer, they just told me it was a tumor, but I’m not a doctor I didn’t know exactly what it was, so I asked the doctor if it was cancer and he hesitantly said yes. I told him just say it. You realize it’s something very serious that can change your life significantly, but the doctors helped me not to be afraid and emphasized that I can get well. Those words were very important to me.”

‘When you have children, you can’t think much, you know they need you’



On the fact that he had to face all this adventure, while at the same time he has to be a good father to his children:

“If I was alone with my wife I might have dealt with it differently. When you have children, you don’t have time to think, you know they need you. No matter what happens, you have to show them that everything is okay. It was very complicated for them, they saw my face change. This was the hardest thing I’ve ever been called to manage, it makes you worry and stress. It makes you more careful about what you say and how you treat them.”

‘They bought a footballer who doesn’t know if and when he will play again, disappointing deal’

For Dortmund and the 31 million euros they spent to acquire him:

“I was thinking that they bought a footballer and after two weeks he can’t play and he doesn’t know how long he will be out. What a disappointing deal for the team. I wanted to go back and repay all that support they gave me. It was very important to me, they gave me before I gave them anything. I was sick and they only gave me help but I always knew I would make it. I had to overcome it mentally, the second operation made it more difficult but I knew I would come back.”

Do not think that it will not happen to you, examine yourself for those who love you’

For the need that exists for the world to become aware and examined, taking care of their health:

“The most important thing is not to think that it won’t happen to you, I’m an athlete and it happened to me 7 months ago. I was watching my life, I thought I was healthy and after 3 months I had an advanced tumor. You need to be examined, don’t be ashamed. You do it not only for yourself, but for your family, friends and those who love you. A life can be saved.”

Editor: Charalambos Lessis

Source: Sport Fm

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